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Arrow's impossibility theorem demonstrates the flaws in creating a social preference order from individual preferences.

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Is it true that Arrow's impossibility theorem demonstrates the flaws in creating a social preference order from individual preferences?

Yes. Arrow's impossibility theorem demonstrates that no voting system can convert individual preferences into a collective preference order while satisfying a set of reasonable fairness criteria.

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The retrieved literature (such as Arrow's foundational work and subsequent analyses on social choice and voting paradoxes) consistently supports the proposition that Arrow's impossibility theorem highlights fundamental flaws or limitations in aggregating individual preferences into a social preference order. Papers [0], [1], [4], and [9] directly discuss or rely upon the theorem and its implications for social choice theory, leaving no evidence against the claim.

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Social Choice and Individual Values
1951
Arrow's seminal work introduces the theorem demonstrating the difficulties and paradoxes of aggregating individual preferences into a social preference order.
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Arrow, K. (1951). Social Choice and Individual Values. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.2307/2549613

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The voting paradox … with a single voter? Implications for transitivity in choice under risk
2019
Discusses how the voting paradox (central to Arrow's theorem) manifests when aggregating preferences, reinforcing the structural difficulties in forming consistent social preference orders.
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Butler, D. & Blavatskyy, P. (2019). The voting paradox … with a single voter? Implications for transitivity in choice under risk. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026626711900004X

Incomparability and Incommensurability in Choice: No Common Currency of Value?
2024
Notes that Arrow's impossibility theorem establishes fundamental limitations and severe bounds on preference aggregation and rationality due to issues like incommensurability.
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L, W. & GDA, B. (2024). Incomparability and Incommensurability in Choice: No Common Currency of Value?. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231192828

Collective Choice and Social Welfare: Economics Imperialism in Action and Inaction
2018
Reflects on Arrow's contribution in initiating social choice theory and formalizing the mathematical complexities of deriving collective choices from individual preference orderings.
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Fine, B. (2018). Collective Choice and Social Welfare: Economics Imperialism in Action and Inaction. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2018.1554883

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