How to reach legitimate decisions when the procedure is controversial
Dietrich, F.
(2005).
How to reach legitimate decisions when the procedure is controversial.
Social Choice and Welfare,
24(2), 363-393.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0288-9
Imagine a group that faces a decision problem but does not agree on which decision procedure is appropriate. In that case, can a decision be reached that respects the procedural concerns of the group? There is a sense in which legitimate decisions are possible even if people disagree on which procedure to use. I propose to decide in favour of an option which maximizes the number of persons whose judged-right procedure happens to entail this decision given the profile. This decision rule is based not only on a profile in the standard sense, but in addition on a profile of judged-right procedures. To justify this decision rule, I present a set of simple axioms leading to it as the only solution.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2005 Springer |
| Departments |
LSE > Academic Departments > Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method LSE > Research Centres > Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00355-003-0288-9 |
| Date Deposited | 03 May 2011 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35829 |
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