Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals’ decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...

Paternalism is an attempt to influence individuals' decisions for their own benefit, even if there are no third parties involved. This seems to contradict normative individualism, which provides the general orientation to our modern democracies. Soft or libertarian paternalism accepts the...

Es handelt sich bei dem vorgestellten Werk um eine staatstheoretische und staatswissenschaftliche Untersuchung, die auf der Kategorie öffentlicher Güter beruht. Damit ist bereits ihr Maßstab bezeichnet und das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen privaten und öffentlichen Begriffen encadriert. Es...

Pareto optimality is a concept in economics that deals with optimum condition of resource distribution. James Buchanan in his essay extended the idea into the political realm to understand how unanimous consensus is reached. This essay attempts to examine whether he was justified in using the...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 20. Kenneth J. Arrow (1969), 'Values and Collective Decision-Making', in Peter Laslett and W.G. Runciman (eds), Philosophy, Politics and Society: Third Series, Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, 215-32 -- 21. Amartya Sen (1995), 'Rationality and Social...