Kenneth Arrow Quote

The idealist doctrine then may be summed up by saying that each individual has two orderings, one which governs him in his everyday actions, and one which would be relevant under some ideal conditions and which is in some sense truer than the first ordering. It is the latter which is considered relevant to social choice, and it is assumed that there is complete unanimity with regard to the truer individual ordering.


p. 83 - Social Choice and Individual Values (1951)


The idealist doctrine then may be summed up by saying that each individual has two orderings, one which governs him in his everyday actions, and one...

The idealist doctrine then may be summed up by saying that each individual has two orderings, one which governs him in his everyday actions, and one...

The idealist doctrine then may be summed up by saying that each individual has two orderings, one which governs him in his everyday actions, and one...

The idealist doctrine then may be summed up by saying that each individual has two orderings, one which governs him in his everyday actions, and one...