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Discussion of Suzumura’s Paper

In: Social Choice Re-Examined

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  • Kevin Roberts

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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In his admirable survey of the use and usefulness of interpersonal comparisons in social choice theory, the basic question that Suzumura wishes to address is: ‘How and to what extent can interpersonal welfare comparisons of the extended sympathy type help us resolve the sweeping verdicts of the Arrow possibility theorems?’ Prompted by his analysis, I wish to address the question by looking at the structure of interpersonal comparisons. Suzumura concentrates for the most part on ‘ordinal’ comparisons and I start by looking at the appeal of ‘ordinal’ over ‘cardinal’ comparisons. Then I turn to the question of the existence of ‘objective’ interpersonal comparisons underlying what Suzumura terms ‘subjective’ interpersonal comparisons and I look at the main question posed by Suzumura.

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  • Kevin Roberts, 1996. "Discussion of Suzumura’s Paper," International Economic Association Series, in: Kenneth J. Arrow & Amartya Sen & Kotaro Suzumura (ed.), Social Choice Re-Examined, pages 230-236, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-25214-5_16
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25214-5_16
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