The question of compatibility between economic rationality as preference and obligation then reduces to the question of whether obligations may be integrated with the other concerns of the agent into an all-things-considered ranking that satisfies the preference axioms.
In his influential book Laws of Imitation, Tarde (1903) dealt with the central question of compatibility: that is, the goodness of fit between the attributes of a diffusing item and the social and psychological attributes of the potential adopter.
Whether Google could copy the exact functional system described in the API is apparently a question of compatibility, which the Court said should be addressed with a "fair use defense".
Consider that it might be a question of compatibility.
With the Argentina star back in the starting 11 (and scoring) in Tuesday's Champions League draw at AC Milan, Neymar was more subdued and the old questions of his compatibility with Messi re-emerged.
Any measure trying to solve the conflict between GMO and non-GMO farmers, may it address the individual or the systemic conflict, raises questions of its compatibility with constitutional guarantees, and especially the protection of private property.
But one of its most important consequences has been throwing into sharp focus the question of the compatibility of Islamism and democratic values.
This book takes seriously the question of romantic compatibility — of why we end up with one person and not another — and foregrounds the question of whether it's a subject even worth paying attention to.
(The question of the compatibility of quantum mechanics with the general theory of relativity is even more involved).
