29강 정치, 경제, 사회, 법
Gateway 공정한 집단적 선택
When gathering the preferences of multiple agents into one collective choice, ____ is easily seen that certain cases call for randomization or other means of tiebreaking.
For example, if there are two alternatives, a and b, and two agents such that one prefers a and the other one b, there is no deterministic way of selecting a single alternative without violating one of two ____ fairness conditions known as anonymity and neutrality.
Anonymity requires that the collective choice ought to be independent of the agents' identities whereas neutrality requires impartiality towards ____ alternatives.
Allowing lotteries as social outcomes hence ____ like a necessity for impartial collective choice.
Indeed, most ____ "deterministic" social choice functions such as plurality rule are only deterministic as long as there is no tie, which is usually resolved by drawing a lot.
The use of lotteries for ____ selection of officials interestingly goes back to the world's first democracy in Athens, where it was widely regarded as a principal characteristic of democracy, and has recently gained increasing attention in political science.
Exercise 1 법의 일상적 이해
Along with the mistaken notion that the law resides in the ____ goes the equally mistaken idea that law is secret, or at least inaccessible to the ordinary person.
To understand and apply the law at the advanced, technical level that lawyers do requires professional knowledge, but to understand the ____ substance of the law does not.
____ reflects life.
The ____ and issues embodied in the law are not different from those that we experience in other aspects of our lives.
Contract law, for example, is a commentary on the ____ people make, interpret, keep, and break their promises in commercial and noncommercial settings.
Few nonlawyers can describe the objective theory of contract formation or the ____ of Frauds, but they have thought a lot about contracts and promises.
If you cross your fingers when you make a promise, does it mean ____ the promise doesn't count?
If your newly purchased television doesn't work, can you return ____ to the store?
And ____ on.
Exercise 2 인터넷이 바꾼 패션 시장과 소비자 행동
The internet has transformed the ____ marketplace, making it increasingly difficult to predict the demand for the selling season.
Consumers can browse for product information and prices and ____ comparative information almost instantaneously, making them more informed than ever before, transferring the balance of power from the retailer to the customer.
This is exacerbated by open and real-time access to fashion shows, facilitated through ____ coupled with social media access to celebrity looks and lifestyles and the sharing of all aspects of life on social media.
Consumers use fashion choices to express their individual style and personality, ____ those promoting 'brand me' on social media.
The traditional two-season offer is no longer seen as enough, with ____ demanding new products throughout the whole year.
This creates a problem for fashion retailers as many consumers are looking for more exclusive pieces to differentiate themselves, forcing up the desire for trend-led ever more rapidly changing styles, ____ still demanding affordable prices.
Exercise 3 흑인 공동체에 대한 환경적 인종 차별
What deeply affected so many Black communities globally was not only that they could not metaphorically breathe because of the oppressive forms and limits of white supremacy, but also that so ____ Black communities literally cannot breathe because of environmental racism.
Similarly to Black communities ____ the UK, Black Americans are also more likely to live near landfills, industrial plants and fossil-fuel infrastructure.
The process ____ which this hazardous infrastructure is deliberately situated close to African American communities is called redlining.
This process means that fossil-fuelled power plants and hazardous-waste facilities are disproportionately and deliberately situated in Black or ____ neighbourhoods.
As a result of this, Black Americans are three times more likely to die ____ exposure to air pollutants than their white counterparts.