Rationality and Commitment - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0199287260 ISBN 13: 9780199287260

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2007

Riassunto

Rational choice theory forms the core of the economic approach to human behaviour. It is also the most influential philosophical account of practical rationality. Yet there are persistent controversies about the scope of rational choice theory in philosophy and, increasingly, in economics as well. A leading critic is the philosopher and Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen, who put forward a trenchant critique of rational choice theory in his seminal paper 'Rational Fools'. Sen emphasizes the importance of commitment - those aspects of human behavior which dispose individuals to co-operate, follow norms, and identify with others. He argues that rational choice theory cannot accommodate commitment, and demands a more adequate account of rationality.

The question of how to account for the rationality of commitment is very much an open issue and, if anything, even more pressing today than when Sen first raised it. In Rationality and Commitment, thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss Sen's claims and propose their own answers to the question of how to account for the rationality of committed action. The volume concludes with a specially-written reply by Sen, in which he responds to his critics and provides a rich commentary on the preceding essays.

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Recensione

The collection as a whole is very interesting and thought-provoking ... One particularly fruitful feature of the volume is that there is a great deal of emphasis on uncovering different ways of seeing things (Chrisoula Andreou, Mind)

Contenuti

• Fabienne Peter and Hans Bernhard Schmid: Rational Fools, Rational Commitments: An Introduction
• Part I. Committed Action
• 1: Amartya Sen: Why Exactly is Commitment Important for Rationality?
• 2: Philip Pettit: Construing Sen on Commitment
• 3: Daniel Hausman: Sympathy, Commitment, and Preference
• Part II. Rethinking Rationality
• 4: Herlinde Pauer-Studer: Instrumental Rationality Versus Practical Reason: Goals, Ends, and Commitment
• 5: Geoffrey Brennan: The Grammar of Rationality
• 6: Werner Güth and Hartmut Kliemt: The Rationality of Rational Fools: The Role of Commitments, Persons and Agents in Rational Choice Modelling
• 7: Bruno Verbeek: Rational Self-commitment
• 8: Simon Gächter and Christian Thöni: Rationality and Commitment in Voluntary Cooperation: Insights from Experimental Economics
• Part III. Commitment, Intentions, and Identity
• 9: Hans Bernhard Schmid: Beyond Self-goal Choice: Sen's Analysis of Commitment and The Role of Shared Desires
• 10: Raimo Tuomela: Cooperation and the We-perspective
• 11: Margaret Gilbert: Collective Intentions, Commitment and Collective Action Problems
• 12: Robert Sugden and Natalie Gold: Theories of Team Agency
• 13: John Davis: Identity and Commitment: Sen's Conception of the Individual
• Amartya Sen: Rational Choice: Discipline, Brand Name and Substance

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199287260
• ISBN 13: 9780199287260
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 390
• Redattore: Peter Fabienne, Schmid Hans Bernhard
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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