rule_and_line comments on “incomparable” outcomes—multiple utility functions?

[rule_and_line]

I thought of the idea that maybe the human decision maker has multiple utility functions that when you try to combine them into one function some parts of the original functions don’t necessarily translate well… sounds like the “shards of desire” are actually a bunch of different utility functions.

I hereby request a research-filled thread of what to do when you feel like you’re in this situation, which I believe has been called “welfare economics” in the literature.