Social Choice Phenomenology — A Critique of Sartre (Part 26)

In this section, we examine the concrete process of social choice through an example from everyday life. Specifically, we analyze the process of purchasing a house. This is a very common form of social choice, one that can be found everywhere in ordinary life. As we shall see, this process involves numerous choices as well as many actions. Some choices are made independently by the subject, some are made by other people, and some are completed jointly by the subject and other individuals (or organizations). These fundamental forms of choice considerably extend the scope of traditional sociology.