[EM] Hay Voting busted

Abd ul-Rahman Lomax abd at lomaxdesign.com
Mon Feb 5 11:44:08 PST 2007


At 02:17 PM 2/5/2007, raphfrk at netscape.net wrote:
>The issue of how to sum utility over an entire society is also 
>raised.  How do you relate
>one point of utility between two people.

You equate the extremes. It's a basic assumption of democracy. One 
person, one vote. The assumption is that all people have an equal 
right to assign utilities. Voters, with some methods, do have an 
option to reduce the weight of their vote. In fact, some people 
consider that a defect!




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