The Liberal Ethics of Non-Interference and the Pareto Principle

Marco Mariotti and Roberto Veneziani

No 2014-016, SIRE Discussion Papers from Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE)

Abstract: We analyse the liberal ethics of non-interference applied to social choice. A liberal principle capturing noninterfering views of society and inspired by John Stuart Mill s conception of liberty, is examined. The principle captures the idea that society should not penalise agents after changes in their situation that do not a¤ect others. An impossibility for liberal approaches is highlighted: every social decision rule that satis es unanimity and a general principle of noninterference must be dictatorial. This raises some important issues for liberal approaches in social choice and political philosophy.

Keywords: Liberalism; Harm Principle; Non-Interference; Impossibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04-22
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