A PARETIAN LIBERAL DILEMMA WITHOUT COLLECTIVE RATIONALITY

Authors
SUBRAMANIAN S
Citation
S. Subramanian, A PARETIAN LIBERAL DILEMMA WITHOUT COLLECTIVE RATIONALITY, Theory and decision, 37(3), 1994, pp. 323-332
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods
Journal title
Theory and decision → ACNP
ISSN journal
00405833
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
323 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5833(1994)37:3<323:APLDWC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
This note proposes a principle of liberalism which is a simple and pla usible variant of Sen's principle of 'minimal liberalism'. The former principle is shown to be incompatible with the weak Pareto principle; and this impossibility result is not dependent on the preference-aggre gating rule being restricted by any collective rationality condition.