"Social Welfare Analysis Beyond Anthropocentrism"
April 14, 2022
5:30 pm CEST / 11:30 am EST
(This seminar will be conducted in English)  

Zoom Link :
https://u-paris2-fr.zoom.us/j/96503958596?pwd=eTNsMkhXaTJlRWFFaWoySk05N0hzQT09

ID de réunion : 965 0395 8596
Code secret : 050032

Classical social welfare analysis is focused on humans and considers non-human species only insofar as they contribute to human well-being. The philosophical foundations of this anthropocentric approach are however contestable: why should humans be the only source of value? Intrinsic values of nature are increasingly being recognized in ecosystem assessments, but a framework to guide decision-making regarding trade-offs between these values remains elusive.

This presentation and subsequent discussion will focus on whether and how the main methods for social welfare analysis in economics can be extended to measure and compare well-being across species.

Marc Fleurbaey is an economist, professor at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), Director of Research at the CNRS, and Co-director of the CERES at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. His research interests include social welfare analysis, social choice theory and climate economics.

This seminar is co-organised by the CRED and CERSA laboratories of Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and the ECN Team (Environment : Concepts and Norms) of the Institut Jean Nicod at the École Normale Supérieure.

Questions or comments?
Please contact : lawandeconomicsofnature.seminar@gmail.com

For more information about the seminar series:
http://www.institutnicod.org/seminaires-colloques/seminaires/law-economics-of-nature/?lang=en