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    The combination of y > z, z > x, and x > y is a preferenc... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Minimal liberalism and the weak Pareto principle are mutually incompatible in social choice

    The combination of y > z, z > x, and x > y is a preference cycle, which violates the requirement of a consistent social ordering

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    To illustrate the conflict between minimal liberalism and the weak Pareto principle, Sen asked us to imagine a society that consists of two individuals, Lewd and Prude, faced with the decision of who among them (if any) should read a controversial book, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. In Sen’s story, Lewd most prefers that Prude read the book (alternative \(x)\), second-most prefers that he (Lewd) read the book himself (alternative \(y)\), and least prefers that neither of the two read the book \((z)\)

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