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    The choice of either incomparable alternative is justifie... — Carmelics
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    The choice of either incomparable alternative is justified under the theory of maximization.

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    • 1.Maximization as a theory of justified choice only requires the choice of an alternative that is not worse than other alternatives.
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    • 2.Incomparable alternatives are not worse than one another.
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    • 1.Maximization requires a complete ordering of alternatives, but incomparability signals the absence of any ordering relation, not a neutral one.
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    • 2.If no ordering relation holds between two options, maximization is undefined rather than permissive, since the theory presupposes comparability to function.
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    • 1.Ruth Chang argues that incomparable items stand in a fourth value relation ('on a par') distinct from better, worse, or equal, which standard maximization frameworks fail to accommodate.
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    • 2.A theory of justified choice that cannot distinguish 'on a par' from 'incomparable' lacks the normative precision needed to vindicate either choice as justified rather than merely arbitrary.
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    A common form of comparativism is optimization. According to optimization, the fact that an alternative is at least as good as the other alternatives is what justifies its choice. Consequently, if two alternatives are incomparable no justified choice can be made between them. Another line of response, one from within the economics literature, has been to distinguish between “optimization” and “maximization” as theories of justified choice (Sen 1997, 746; Sen 2000, 486). The theory of maximizatio
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