On Nov 25, 2008, at 8:45 PM, Kevin Venzke wrote:
--- En date de : Mar 25.11.08, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> a écrit :
What Approval sincerely represents from a voter is a
*decision* as to where to place an Approval cutoff.
But is it not true that what *all* methods sincerely represent from a
voter are the decisions related to voting under that method?
If a decision makes sense in a given context, then that is a sincere
decision. Is that not your stance?
It shouldn't be. "Sincere" is a term of art in this context, not a
value judgement. An insincere vote is simply one that does not
represent the preference of the voter if the voter were a dictator.
There's nothing *wrong* with voting insincerely (or, equivalently,
strategically), in this sense; a voter has a right to do their best to
achieve an optimum result in a particular context.
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