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Associate professor and faculty member at university of Tehran
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Assistant professor and faculty member at Research Institute of Hawzah and University
Abstract
Since the social welfare function deals with the ordering of welfare distribution in a society, this question arises that what is the origin of this ordering. Old welfare economics and Pareto's welfare economics believed the ordering was derived from utility and individual preferences; but Bergson–Samuelson's approach sees it arising from people's social preferences. Both of these approaches are perfectly compatible with the idea of secularism, in which all preferences are in the realm of human cognition. But its consistency with the Islamic notion which includes divine knowledge is acceptable only in a particular area. In this paper, the range of this adaptation is investigated; it provided a background for the presentation of social welfare function based on social preferences of people in an Islamic society. Because this paper offered a pattern of individuals' social ideas in Muslim societies such as Iran, it can be considered as an introduction to national theorizing about social welfare function.
Naderan, E., & Karami Esfe, M. H. (2013). Investigating the origin of social welfare functions in Bergson–Samuelson's approach from the perspectives of Islam and secularism. Journal of Economic Essays; an Islamic Approach, 10(19), 111-124.
MLA
Elias Naderan; Mohammad Hossein Karami Esfe. "Investigating the origin of social welfare functions in Bergson–Samuelson's approach from the perspectives of Islam and secularism". Journal of Economic Essays; an Islamic Approach, 10, 19, 2013, 111-124.
HARVARD
Naderan, E., Karami Esfe, M. H. (2013). 'Investigating the origin of social welfare functions in Bergson–Samuelson's approach from the perspectives of Islam and secularism', Journal of Economic Essays; an Islamic Approach, 10(19), pp. 111-124.
VANCOUVER
Naderan, E., Karami Esfe, M. H. Investigating the origin of social welfare functions in Bergson–Samuelson's approach from the perspectives of Islam and secularism. Journal of Economic Essays; an Islamic Approach, 2013; 10(19): 111-124.
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