Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Game Tree, Henry Morgentaler, Section 33 Of The Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Alcantara

Document Summary

Utility maximization: when confronted with a set of choices she chooses the one that best serves her objectives/preferences. Individual canadian citizens have multiple preferences and can rank order their preferences in terms of how important they are: consistent preferences. Transitivity: a>b, b>c, therefore a>c: consistency rule/transitive preferences. If i prefer a over b and b over c then they will also prefer a over c. Inconsistency: most rational choice theorists focus on transitive preferences but realize that sometimes we have irrational preferences that are intransitive. Game theory: the basics (stem of rational choice; need to think of the world in terms of a game) Players: rank-ordered preferences: usually individuals can be groups/governments, having perfect information (everybody knows everything in the game, at least two players. Rules of the game: define the limits of the action. Strategies: choices that players make within the rules of the game.