[EM] Re: Participation criterion: a thought

[Eric Gorr]

At 2:15 AM +0930 9/22/03, Chris Benham wrote:
>That day Diana Galletly responded:
>>"...If I'm right in my belief that participation is a subset of
>>consistency then I no longer see it as a bugbear to worry about overmuch."
>
>If it is true that Participation is incompatible with some essential 
>standards,(and we should therefore just "get over it")

What are these essential standards you speak of?

In my mind there is only a single essential standard:


   Can the method reliably find the group preference?


For any method that is not clone-proof, the answer is no.

For any method that is not monotonic...I would guess the answer is no.

For any method that does not pass Participation...the answer is can be yes.

As such, while Participation may be nice to have, it does not appear 
to be necessary.