Consequentialist Foundations for Expected Utility

Published on August 9, 2026 8:24 AM GMTThis is a linkpost for Consequentialist Foundations for Expected Utility by Peter J. Hammond, which was published in July 1988 in Theory and Decision. Below are the setup, premises, and conclusions of the theorems presented there as summarised by Claude Opus 5 in plain language. Peter said "It Is a very good summary of the most important parts". Relatedly, you may be interested in Peter's article Prerationality as avoiding predictably regrettable consequenc...