Normal rationality: decisions and social order
'Normal Rationality' is a selection of the most important work of Edna Ullmann-Margalit, presenting some influential and widely admired essays alongside some that are not well known. She was an unorthodox and deeply original philosopher whose work illuminated the largest mysteries of human life. Much of her writing focuses on two fundamental questions: How do people proceed when they cannot act on the basis of reasons, or project likely consequences? How is social order possible? Ullmann-Margal…
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- Full title :Normal rationality : decisions and social order / Edna Ullmann-Margalit ; edited by Avishai Margalit and Cass R. Sunstein.
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'Normal Rationality' is a selection of the most important work of Edna Ullmann-Margalit, presenting some influential and widely admired essays alongside some that are not well known. She was an unorthodox and deeply original philosopher whose work illuminated the largest mysteries of human life. Much of her writing focuses on two fundamental questions: How do people proceed when they cannot act on the basis of reasons, or project likely consequences? How is social order possible? Ullmann-Margalit's answers, emphasising what might be called biased rationality, are important not only for philosophy, but also for political science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, economics (including behavioural economics), law, and even public policy.
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- Publication Date:©2017
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0192523317, 9780192523310, 9780191840753, 0191840750, 0198802439, 9780198802433
- oclc:on1002193942
- LC Classification:BF448
- Dewey Decimal:153.83
Table of Contents
Part I. Decisions -- Picking and choosing -- On presumption -- Second-order decisions -- Big decisions: opting, converting, drifting -- On not wanting to know -- Holding true and holding as true -- Part II. Social order -- Revision of norms -- Invisible-hand explanations -- The invisible hand and the cunning of reason -- Solidarity in consumption -- Trust, distrust, and in between -- The case of the camera in the kitchen: surveillance, privacy, sanctions, and governance -- Considerateness -- Epilogue: final ends and meaningful lives.
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