Jonathan, Yes and no...You are correct that Arrow never uses the term "monotonicity," but the concept is embodied in his second condition, called "positive association."
Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Lundell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [EM] I need an example of Condorcet method being subjected On Jan 22, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Kathy Dopp wrote: > This reminds me of one of the plethora of other deliberately > misleading claims of Fairytale Vote, they constantly cite Arrow's > theorem as if that is a logical reason to support IRV when IRV fails > more of Arrow's Fairness criteria than even plurality voting does > because IRV fails the nonmonotoncity criteria in addition to the > spoiler criteria described above which both IRV and plurality fail. > Arrow, Kenneth J. (1951). Social Choice and Individual Values. Wiley, > New York. ISBN 0-300-01364-7. 2nd ed. 1963 Monotonicity, btw, doesn't appear as a criterion in Arrow's monograph on his Possibility Theorem, either. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
