[EM] Condorcet/Range DSV

[Jameson Quinn]

2009/6/25 Paul Kislanko <kislanko at airmail.net>

>  I have a hard time reconciling "Note that this could elect a Condorcet
> loser" and "It fulfills Condorcet (by definition) ".
>
> If the first is true, the second cannot be, by, uhhh, definition.
>

No. If there is a Condorcet winner, it elects that person; this is the
Condorcet criterion. If there is NO Condorcet winner, it could in some cases
elect someone who was not in the Smith set, including a Condorcet loser
(although, as I argued, that would generally still be the best person for
the job, as measured by utility, despite being the Condorcet loser).

The Condorcet criterion simply does not apply when there is no Condorcet
winner; it does not expand its purview to the Smith set.

Jameson
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