| Type of Decision: | Conflicting "Objectives" | |
| Multiple Objectives | My car should have a low price It should also be roomy & luxurious | Stakeholder experiences ALL the consequences of the selected alternative |
| Risky Decisions | Do well in rain; Do well in shine | Stakeholder experiences only the consequence of the selected alternative that apply under the actual state if nature |
| Games | Do well if opponent attacks on left Do well if opponent attacks on right | Each contestant experiences only the consequences jointly determined by both contestants' chosen alternative |
| Social Choice | Satisfy you Satisfy me | Each stakeholder experiences toe consequences to them of the alternative chosen by the group. |
| Zero Sum Games |
Tic-tac-toe Chess Stone paper Scissors |
| Nonzero-Sum Games | Prisoners'
Dilemma Tragedy of the Commons |
| Median Voter Theorem | I often think it's comical--Fal, lal, la! How Nature always does contrive--Fal, lal, la! That every boy and every gal That's born into the world alive Is either a little Liberal Or else a little Conservative!-- Fal, lal, la! --Iolanthe, Act II Scene 1, by Gilbert & Sullivan |