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33. Introduction 158

34. The solution to Arrow’s difficulty in social choice 159

Introduction 159

Basic concepts 162

Restatement of Arrow’s Theorem 165

A note on the name of APDM 167

A lemma 167

Rejection of the Arrow Moral Claim (AMC) 168

Rejection of the Arrow Reasonableness Claim (ARC) 168

Selection of the culprit axiom. 169

Examples of consistent constitutions 170

A reappraisal of the literature 170

Conclusion 172

Addendum: Sen’s restatement in “Development as freedom” 172

Addendum: Mas-colell, Whinston and Green, “Microeconomic Theory” 175

35. Without time, no morality 175

Introduction 175

Control of natural forces in the social process 176

Three traditional methods 177

Borda Fixed point 178

Relation to Saari’s work 179

Pareto 182

A note on cheating 182

Conclusion 183

36. Some notes on ethics 183

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