Arrow’s Social Ordering as Moral Obligation
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This paper aimed to prove that Arrow's Theorem is meant not only to formulate a social decision process but also to clarify moral rules or a " modus vivendi " in an objective, scientific way. In order to achieve this aim, the paper traced the theoretical development of Arrow's theory through a look at the argument between Arrow and (among others) Bergson and Little.
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