Measuring freedom of choice: An alternative view of a recent literature

Sebastiano Bavetta ()

Social Choice and Welfare, 2004, vol. 22, issue 1, 29-48

Abstract: A recent literature has emerged in social choice theory which attributes intrinsic importance to freedom in the evaluation of states of affairs. The literature’s philosophical basis lies in Berlin’s notion of positive liberty. Accordingly, axiomatic measures of availability of choices are developed and the information they convey used for ranking states on the basis of the extent of liberty they offer to individuals. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

Date: 2004
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