Because Arrhenius's formal impossibility results are axiology-neutral and apply across both transitive and non-transitive orderings, non-transitivity provides no principled escape from the paradoxes Arrhenius identifies.
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A ranking system where the logical chain can break: you might prefer A over B, and B over C, but actually prefer C over A.
Paradox (in philosophy)(referring to the ethical contradictions Arrhenius identifies)
A situation where we reach contradictory or seemingly impossible conclusions, usually revealing a deep problem with how we're thinking about something.
Transitive(logic and relations)
A logical property where if A connects to B, and B connects to C, then A must connect to C. For example, if John is a brother of Mike, and Mike is a brother of David, then John is a brother of David.