Some reflections on method in the theory of social choice

Krister Segerberg

pp. 147-159

in: Esa Saarinen, Risto Hilpinen, Ilkka Niiniluoto, Merrill Provence Hintikka (eds), Essays in honour of Jaakko Hintikka, Berlin, Springer, 1979

Abstract

A group of individuals deliberating which of several alternatives to select as the decision of the group as a whole — that is the kind of situation 006Fne encounters in social choice theory. To find general rules — if such there are -for helping groups to decide wisely is what the theory of social choice is about.