Decision Theory and Social Ethics Issues in Social Choice
Ethics, as one of the most respectable disciplines of philosophy, has undergone a drastic and revolutionary change in recent time. There are three main trends of this development. The first trend can be described as a tendency towards a rigorous formal an
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY AN INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Editors: GERALD EBERLEIN,
of Technology, Munich University of Nebraska
University
WERNER LEINFELLNER,
Editorial Advisory Board: K.
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
BORCH,
M.
J.
BUNGE,
McGill University University
S. COLEMAN,
W. KROEBER-RIEL,
A.
A.
SCHICK, SEN,
Rutgers University
University of London
W. STEGMULLER, K. SZANIAWSKI,
L.
University of Saarland
University of Toronto
RApOPORT,
F.
of Chicago
University of Munich University of Warsaw
TONDL,
Prague
VOLUME 17
DECISION THEORY AND SOCIAL ETHICS Issues in Social Choice
Edited by
HANS W. GOTTINGER University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, ER.G.
and
WERNER LEINFELLNER University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
D . REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT:HOLLAND/BOSTON :U .S.A. LONDON:ENGLAND
Library of Congress Cataloging in Pub6cation Data
International Symposium on Decision Theory and Social Ethics, Schloss ReisensbUl:g, 1976. Decision theory and social ethics. (Theory and decision library ; v. 17) A selection of papers, with additional material, from the conference held June 24-30, under the sponsorship of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Social choice-Congresses. 2. Decision-makingCongresses. 3. Social ethics-Congresses. 4. Social justiceCongresses. I. Gottinger, Hans-Werner. II. Leinfellner, Werner. III. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich. IV. Title. HB99.3.I56 1976 301.11 78-18513 ISBN-13: 978-90-277-0937-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-9838-4 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-9838-4
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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Vll
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
xxi
PART 1/ PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
JOHN C. HARSANYI/ Rule Utilitarianism and Decision Theory WERNER LEINFELLNER / Marx and the Utility Approach to the Ethical Foundation of Microeconomics MENAHEM E. YAARI / Endogenous Changes in Tastes: A Philosophical Discussion
3 33 59
PART 2/ SOCIAL AND COLLECTIVE CHOICE THEORY
SALVADOR BARBERA / Nice Decision Schemes
101
JOHN A. FEREJOHN / The Distribution of Rights in Society
119
PETER C. FISHBURN / Acceptable Social Choice Lotteries ALLAN GIBBARD / Social Decision, Strategic Behavior, and Best Outcomes WULF GAERTNER and ACHIM HEINECKE / Cyclically Mixed Preferences-A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Trans
