On compromising freedom of choice and subjective

2025/11/13 by Nicolas Fayard, Marc Pirlot, Fayard, Nicolas +3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Game Theory and Voting Systems #Multi-Criteria Decision Making #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2511.10568

Abstract

This paper proposes a new framework for evaluating capability sets by incorporating individual preferences over the diversity of accessible options. Building on the Capability Approach, we introduce a compromise method that balances between the notions of negative and positive freedom, effectively capturing the intrinsic and instrumental values of diverse choices within capability sets.

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