TY - JOUR
T1 - Which worlds are possible? A judgment aggregation problem
AU - List, Christian
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Suppose the members of a group (e.g., committee, jury, expert panel) each form a judgment on which worlds in a given set are possible, subject to the constraint that at least one world is possible but not all are. The group seeks to aggregate these individual judgments into a collective judgment, subject to the same constraint. I show that no judgment aggregation rule can solve this problem in accordance with three conditions: "unanimity," "independence" and "non-dictatorship," Although the result is a variant of an existing theorem on "group identification" (Kasher and Rubinstein, Logique et Analyse 160:385-395, 1997), the aggregation of judgments on which worlds are possible (or permissible, desirable, etc.) appears not to have been studied yet. The result challenges us to take a stance on which of its conditions to relax.
AB - Suppose the members of a group (e.g., committee, jury, expert panel) each form a judgment on which worlds in a given set are possible, subject to the constraint that at least one world is possible but not all are. The group seeks to aggregate these individual judgments into a collective judgment, subject to the same constraint. I show that no judgment aggregation rule can solve this problem in accordance with three conditions: "unanimity," "independence" and "non-dictatorship," Although the result is a variant of an existing theorem on "group identification" (Kasher and Rubinstein, Logique et Analyse 160:385-395, 1997), the aggregation of judgments on which worlds are possible (or permissible, desirable, etc.) appears not to have been studied yet. The result challenges us to take a stance on which of its conditions to relax.
KW - Judgment aggregation
KW - Possible worlds
KW - Propositions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38349166657&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10992-007-9058-y
DO - 10.1007/s10992-007-9058-y
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-3611
VL - 37
SP - 57
EP - 65
JO - Journal of Philosophical Logic
JF - Journal of Philosophical Logic
IS - 1
ER -