Freedom of choice and diversity of options: Some difficulties

M van Hees

doi:10.1007/s00355-003-0285-z

Freedom of choice and diversity of options: Some difficulties

M van Hees^*

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Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

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Abstract

This paper explores the possibility for a (non-preference-based) freedom ranking of opportunity sets that is sensitive to the diversity of the options. It turns out that how distances between sets and alternatives are measured is crucial to the derivation of such a ranking. Several proposals are examined, each of which is shown to lead to impossibility results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-266
Number of pages	14
Journal	Social Choice and Welfare
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-003-0285-z
Publication status	Published - Feb-2004

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