Unanimity rule and majority rule: comparison
3 important questions on Unanimity rule and majority rule: comparison
Problems of majority rule
•Does not guarantee Pareto improvement •Unethical and not morally binding if not preceded by a unanimity decision (Rousseau) •Doubtful stability •The above problems are exacerbated if majority rule is operated under a legal system characterised by conditional, limited, or lacking liability, as is actually the case
Problems of unanimity rule
•Costs of decision making (“transaction costs”) •Strategic behaviour •Unfair if the starting point from which the decision making proceeds is (considered) unjust.
2 responses aimed at enhancing the use of unanimity rule
- Designing procedures that reduce decision costs and/or possibilities for strategic behaviour
- Addressing problems of the “unjust initial situation” type
- Addressing problems of the “unjust initial situation” type
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