Post on 06-Jul-2015
description
suicide by a patient facilitated by means (as a
drug prescription or indication of the lethal dosage) provided by a
physician who is aware of how the patient intends to
use such means
SHOULD PHYSICIAN ASSISTED
SUICIDE BE ALLOWED?
• A: YES
• B: YES, AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
– EX. 65+
• C: YES, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTA NCES
– EX. TERMINALLY ILL
• D: NO
PLURALITY
Votes
C
D
A
B
PLURALITY
Choice Cwins by majority!
CHOICE C:YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL
PLURALITY
Choice Dis a close second..
CHOICE D:NO
Choice D could have been a close second because people are opposed to the idea
of suicide being okay. OR it could be because the voters are not properly
educated on the subject
PLURALITY
BORDA COUNT
VOTES
A
B
C
D
VOTES
A
B
C
D
Votes
A
B
C
D
PLURALITY BORDAVS
*NOTICE how much the voting outcomes change when preference is taken into consideration
4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C D A B A C C D D C B
2 D B C C C B B C A A A
3 B C D A B D A B B B C
4 A A B D D A D A C D D
VOTERS
PREFERENCE
4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C-16 D-8 A-8 B-8 A-4 C-16 C-20 D-20 D-4 C-4 B-4
2 D-12 B-6 C-6 C-6 C-3 B-12 B-15 C-15 A-3 A-3 A-3
3 B-8 C-4 D-4 A-4 B-2 D-8 A-10 B-10 B-2 B-2 C-2
4 A-4 A-2 B-2 D-2 D-1 A-4 D-5 A-5 C-1 D-1 D-1
VOTING POINTS
C wins the most points therefore C wins the
vote again
VOTE POINTS
A 45
B 69
C 75
D 45
CHOICE C:YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
EX. TERMINALLY ILL
HOWEVER B is the closest second when
preference is taken into consideration.
VOTE POINTS
A 45
B 69
C 75
D 45
CHOICE B:YES, ONLY AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
EX. 65+
This makes more sense because if C wins ( yes, in certain circumstances ) then the most people to vote for C will vote for B in
higher preference because it is the closest option to C. Most people will vote Yes to the issue as long as it has certain
restrictions!
PAIRWISE COMPARISON
VOTES
A
B
C
D
PLURALITY BORDA PAIRWISEVSVS
Votes
A
B
C
D
VOTES
A
B
C
D
VOTES
A
B
C
D
PAIRWISE COMPARISON
123
4
PREF.
VOTES
PAIRWISE COMPARISON
C vs DC vs BC vs AD vs BD vs AB vs A
A: 1 pointB: 1.5 pointsC: 3 pointsD: .5 points
Choice C wins in pairwise comparison too. Though unlike in Plurality where choice D ( no ) is the closest second, In pairwise D is in dead last! Meaning
more people actually prefer for Physician assisted suicide to be legal than to not be!
CHOICE C:YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.EX. TERMINALLY ILL
PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
4 2 2 2 1 4 5 5 1 1 1
1 C D A B A C C D D C B
2 D B C C C B B C A A A
3 B C D A B D A B B B C
4 A A B D D A D A C D D
ELIMINATION KICKS OFF A FIRST
PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
6 3 3 11 5
1 C D B C D
2 D B C B C
3 B C D D B
ELIMINATION KICKS OFF B SECOND
PLURALITY WITH RUNOFF
20 8
1 C D
2 D C
As all the other choices are eliminated, we are left with
the two most popular choice sequences. C & D. We can then
see that choice C wins plurality with runoff also.
CHOICE C:YES, ONLY IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.EX. TERMINALLY ILL
SHOULD PHYSICIAN ASSISTED
SUICIDE BE ALLOWED?
• A: YES
• B: YES, AFTER A CERTAIN AGE
– EX. 65+
• C: YES, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTA NCES
– EX. TERMINALLY ILL
• D: NO