Cookies?
Library Header Image
LSE Research Online LSE Library Services

How to reach legitimate decisions when the procedure is controversial

Dietrich, Franz (2005) How to reach legitimate decisions when the procedure is controversial. Social Choice and Welfare, 24 (2). pp. 363-393. ISSN 0176-1714

Full text not available from this repository.
Identification Number: 10.1007/s00355-003-0288-9

Abstract

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
Official URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0176-1714/
Additional Information: © 2005 Springer
Divisions: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
CPNSS
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic
Date Deposited: 03 May 2011 11:49
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 21:59
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35829

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item