Is a Liberal Justice, Totalitarian?

François Régis Mahieu () and Augendra Bhukuth

No 12009, Working Papers from Fonds pour la Recherche en Ethique Economique

Abstract: In Social Choice Theory, Pareto-Unanimity is an important rule which is applied to compensation tests and therefore in justice. But, deductive logics show that Pareto- Unanimity implies dictatorship and therefore, Pareto-Unanimity is contradictory with non dictatorship. In the case of compensation, citizens are free and accountable for their own behaviour; the Pareto-unanimity implies perfect information on benefactors. Liberty implies dictatorship and then Pareto-Unanimity. compensation exigencies lead to a totalitarian society, as forwarded by the novel of George Orwell (1984).

Keywords: Dictatorship; Pareto-Unanimity; Compensation; Responsibility; Private Information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D70 D82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2009
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