Title:	Social Choice and Democratic Values
Authors:	Eerik Lagerspetz B. Dutta W. Gaertner C. Herrero Blanco B. Klaus P.K. Pattanaik
Keywords:	Social Choice
Issue Date:	2016
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	This book has a very long history. The oldest parts of it have been written over twenty years ago. After that I have abandoned the text, taken it up, and again abandoned it. I changed the general plan of the work, changed it again, and finally returned to the initial plan. Many non-philosophers, and even some philosophers, tend to think that philosophy is basically inventing justifications for the beliefs you already happen to have. This book—and it is meant to be a philosophical book—is a counterexample. During the writing process I have changed my mind about many issues—and more than once. J. R. Tolkien’s Hobbits, those lovable creatures, liked to have “books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions”. They would not like a book like this. It is not set out fair and square and it probably contains contradictions. I hope, however, that it is not filled only with things the readers already know. Many people have done so much in helping me through the intellectual maze. However, the greatest debt of gratitude I owe to Hannu Nurmi. He has helped me in many ways: first as a teacher, then as a senior colleague, and always as a friend. Without his encouragement I would never have been able to finish this work.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/54248
ISBN:	978-3-319-23261-4
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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