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- noun That which is to be
maximized .
Etymologies
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maximize + -and
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Examples
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At the other extreme, hardly any weight is given to maximizing well-being as it competes with priority, and the prioritarian doctrine is then barely distinguishable from the maximin principle with well-being as the maximand.
Egalitarianism Arneson, Richard 2002
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Evolutionary theory DOES see individuals as fitness maximsers BUT evolutionary theory DOES NOT see the individuals fitness (number of offspring) as the maximand.
Scientific Blogging clairebrenner 2009
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