Week 2: Expected utility theory and risk aversion

Handout

Essential readings:

1. Notes on expected utility theory

2. Excerpt from forthcoming Stanford Encyclopedia article

3. Zhao, M. 2023. "Ignore risk; Maximize expected moral value". Nous 57.1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nous.12398 

Suggested readings:

4. Thoma, J. 2019. "Risk Aversion and the Long Run". Ethics 129. https://doi.org/10.1086/699256