Ignoring for a moment the fact that pretty much all actions impose “costs” on others via opportunity costs, and ignoring the fact that economists are not ethicists … this is intended simply as an intuition pump. If you want details and “metrics” then read the metaethics sequence.
Ignoring for a moment the fact that pretty much all actions impose “costs” on others via opportunity costs, and ignoring the fact that economists are not ethicists … this is intended simply as an intuition pump. If you want details and “metrics” then read the metaethics sequence.