and argue that instead utilitarian, i.e. cardinal social choice theory is relevant for voting. I show that justifications …Utilitarian voting (UV) is defined in this paper as any voting rule that allows the voter to rank all of the … alternatives by means of the scores permitted under a given voting scale. Specific UV rules that have been proposed are approval …

The paper challenges the "orthodox doctrine" of collective choice theory according to which Arrow's "general … possibility theorem" precludes rational decision procedures generally and implies that in particular all voting procedures must be … flawed. I point out that all voting procedures are cardinal and that Arrow's result, based on preference orderings cannot …

In his seminal Social Choice and Individual Values, Kenneth Arrow stated that his theory applies to voting. Many voting … theorists have been convinced that, on account of Arrow's theorem, all voting methods must be seriously flawed. Arrow's theory … theory leaves k to be determined on pragmatic grounds. A (1,0) scale gives approval voting. I prefer the scale (1,0,-1) and …