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Search Enter keywords, a title or a report id number below. In All Categories --------------------- Telecom & Computing Business & Finance Mfg & Construction Pharma & Healthcare Consumer & Retail Gov & Public Sector Energy & Transport Country Reports Company Reports --------------------- Transcripts Advanced      Select a currency for use throughout the site Australia Dollars Canada Dollars Euro Japan Yen Sweden Kroner Switzerland Francs UK Pounds US Dollars Viewing report Order by Fax Printer Friendly PDF Brochure Send to Friend Enquire before Buying Electronic Rationality and Commitment Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, Pages: 400   Description     Table of Contents        Enquire before Buying    Send to a Friend   Thirteen leading philosophers and economists discuss the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sens trenchant critique of rational choice theory, 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. 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 Sens 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. About the Author Fabienne Peter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Hans Bernhard Schmid is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Basel. Customers who bought this item also bought Rationality and Commitment How International Law Works: A Rational Choice Theory What Would You Do?: A Game of Ethical and Moral Dilemma, Leaders Guide What Would You Do? A Game of Ethical and Moral Dilemma, Participant Workbook Self-Service Banking and ATMs in the 21st Century The Universal and the Particular in Legal Reasoning Coaching for Commitment: Coaching Skills Inventory (CSI) Self, 3rd Edition Coaching For Commitment: Discussion Guide

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