At 04:14 PM 12/2/2005, Kevin Venzke wrote: >--- Warren Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > Social utility is THE overriding goal which trumps and > > encapsulates all else. > >Surely you see a problem in relying on voters to tell you the social >utilities...
I don't and I don't think Warren does. >I don't mind range voting, but I wouldn't use a social utility argument >to explain what's good about it. I think it's the only way to understand Range votes. That is precisely what a sincere Range vote would be, a perception of the social utility, by the voter, of the election of the candidate being rated, in comparison to the other choices. Since "social utility" is mostly a gedanken calculation, indeed, a Range vote is about the only way to come up with actual numbers for social utility. Any other method, such as dollar value, is contingent and dependent on what people think is important. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
