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Peacock, Mark

 
9780367776909: Amartya Sen and Rational Choice: The Concept of Commitment
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ISBN 10: 0367776901 ISBN 13: 9780367776909
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2021

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Are human beings motivated exclusively by self-interest? The orthodox theory of rational choice in economics thinks that they are. Amartya Sen disagrees, and his concept commitment is central to his vision of an alternative to mainstream rational choice theory. This book examines commitment as it has evolved in Sen's critique of orthodox rational choice theory.

The in-depth focus on commitment reveals subtleties in the concept itself as well as in its relationships with other concepts which Sen develops in his critique of rational choice theory, for example preference, sympathy, weakness of will, agency, personhood, social norms, rights, self-welfare goal and self-goal choice. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of commitment and offers novel interpretations of the term as a way of strengthening its plausibility. Broadly in support of Sen’s conceptualization of rational choice, the book nevertheless reveals ambiguities and weaknesses in Sen’s conceptual framework, and it reformulates Sen’s concepts when doing so strengthens the claims he makes. The book also engages with critics of Sen and argues for the importance of commitment as a component in the theory of rational choice.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Mark S. Peacock was educated at the Universities of Sussex and Cambridge. He worked at the Universities of Witten/Herdecke and Erfurt, Germany, from 1996 to 2006 and is currently a professor in the Department of Social Science, York University, Canada.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367776901
ISBN 13 
9780367776909
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
160
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
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München
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Germania

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9780367188740: Amartya Sen and Rational Choice: The Concept of Commitment

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ISBN 10:  0367188740 ISBN 13:  9780367188740
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019
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