Rights:Why do they matter, and to whom?

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Sugden, R. (1993) Rights:Why do they matter, and to whom? Constitutional Political Economy, 4 (1). pp. 127-152. ISSN 1043-4062

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Abstract

Following Sen, social choice theorists often formulate rights in terms of relationships between individuals' preferences and social preferences. An alternative "procedural" formulation treats rights as properties of game forms. This paper reviews the debate between the proponents of these two approaches, focusing in particular on Sen's claim that the procedural approach is inflexible in its refusal to make trade-offs between rights violations. It looks at different answers to the question, "Why do rights matter?" It argues that, if a contractarian answer is given, there are good reasons not to make trade-offs.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2013 16:15
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2023 23:43
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44528
DOI: 10.1007/BF02393285

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