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Single-Peaked Choice
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2006-09)
Single-peaked preferences have played an important role in the literature ever since they were used by Black (1948) to formulate a domain restriction that is sufficient for the exclusion of cycles according to the majority ...
Non-Deteriorating Choice without Full Transitivity
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2006-08)
Although the theory of greatest-element rationalizability and maximal-element rationalizability under general domains and without full transitivity of rationalizing relations is well-developed in the literature, these ...
Flippable Pairs and Subset Comparisons in Comparative Probability Orderings and Related Simple Games
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2006-10)
We show that every additively representable comparative probability order on n atoms is determined by at least n - 1 binary subset comparisons. We show that there are many orders of this kind, not just the lexicographic ...
Deliberative Democracy and Precautionary Public Reasoning : Exploratory Thoughts
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
Because public policy is legally binding and,perhaps more pointedly,can have pervasive social and environmental
consequences for the autonomy of persons,it should be justifiable to those it could so affect.
What is much ...
Financing higher education : the case for a graduate tax
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
The debate whether university education should be “free” seems misconstrued. Even in a system
without tuition fees, someone will have to foot the bill. This paper argues that from the viewpoint of
justice, a strong case ...
À propos de The Practice of Liberal Pluralism de William Galston : un dialogue avec l’auteur
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
La publication de The Practice of Liberal Pluralism est apparue comme
un événement de première importance dans la réflexion contemporaine
sur l’apport du pluralisme au libéralisme. La pensée de William Galston
a connu ...
An interview with Avigail Eisenberg : “Reasoning about the Identity of Aboriginal People”
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-05)
Avigail Eisenberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science,University of Victoria.
She was also a fellow of CRÉUM during the 2004-2005 academic year. She has written important work
on the issues ...
Sustainability = Good Design
(Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal, 2006-12)
Sustainable design is fundamentally a subset of good design.The description of good design will eventually
include criteria for the creation of a healthy environment and energy efficiency. These goals will
be achieved ...
Infinite-Horizon Choice Functions
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2006)
We analyze infinite-horizon choice functions within the setting of a simple linear technology. Time consistency and efficiency are characterized by stationary consumption and inheritance functions, as well as a transversality ...
Introduction : deviance and defiance
(2006)
The thirteenth annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism took place August 13–16, 2005 in Montreal, Canada, sponsored by Université de Montréal. The conference was held in conjunction with ...