PPE Talk: “Risk, Regret, and the Allais Paradox” with Doug MacLean

“Risk, Regret, and the Allais Paradox”

Doug MacLean is a Professor of Philosophy at UNC and a core faculty member in UNC’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program. Much of his work is at the intersection of moral theory and public policy.  His publications include: “Comparing Values in Environmental Policies: Moral Issues and Moral Arguments,” Valuing Health Risks, Costs, and Benefits for Environmental Policy Making, ed. by Hammond and Coppock (1990); “Cost-Benefit Analysis and Procedural Values,” Analyse & Kritik (1994); and “The Ethics of Cost-Benefit Analysis: Incommensurable, Incompatible, and Incomparable Values,” Democracy, Social Values, and Public Policy, ed. by Carrow Churchill, and Cordes (1998) “Some Morals of a Theory of Nonrational Choice,” Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy, ed. by Gowda and Fox (2002); “Informed Consent and the Construction of Values,” The Construction of Preferences, ed. by Slovic and Lichtenstein (2006); “Different Perspectives on Saving Lives,” Philosophy and Economics, (2007).