Open AccessA deliberative solution to the social choice problem
Author(s) -
Ivan Mladenović
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid1101123m
Subject(s) - social choice theory , deliberative democracy , deliberation , rational choice theory (criminology) , democracy , sociology , epistemology , positive economics , rational planning model , political science , mathematical economics , economics , law , philosophy , politics , criminology , management
Is there a sense in which society makes rational decision in a democratic way that is similar to individual rational decision-making? Social choice theory claims that rational social choice is not possible. Or, at least, that if possible, then the social choice must be dictatorial. I shall present a deliberative solution to the social choice problem. This solution is called deliberative, because it is based on the assumptions of deliberative democracy