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# Internal Pluralism and the Limits of Pairwise Comparisons

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.02672  

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## Overview

arXiv:2607.02672v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Local pairwise comparisons are a standard tool for learning how people want decision rules to work, e.g., in participatory design or alignment. However, their use builds in two strong assumptions: that local comparisons are sufficient evidence about how a person wants an automated decision rule to behave, and that people can always answer those comparisons decisively. We investigate how these assumptions may be compromised under internal pluralism:

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