Perspective Papers on EconCS

There are five different conceptual levels in computational social choice: Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: One of the fundamental problems in economics is how to evaluate trade-offs across individuals. In the Trolly Problem, is it just to sacrifice one in favor of many? We cannot evaluate this trade-off without appealing to a greater ethic, such as utilitarianism. See Sen (1998) [Link]. How…