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Economics, Rational Choice and Normative Philosophy

208 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

208 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

192 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Following Amartya Sen’s insistence to expand the framework of rational choice theory by taking into account ‘non-utility information,’ economists, political scientists and philosophers have recently concentrated their efforts in analysing the issues related to rights, freedom, diversity intentions and equality. Thomas Boylan and Ruvin Gekker have gathered essays that reflect this trend. The... Read more

I Diversity, rights, norms and intentions, 1. What is diversity? Nicholas Gravel, 2. Intentions, decisions and rationality Martin van Hees and Olivier Roy, 3. Waiving and exercising rights in the theory of social situations Ruvin Gekka, 4. Consequentialist choice and behaviour: a comparison Nicholas Baigent, II Social choice, judgment aggregation and rationality of legal order, 5. Social choice, fuzzy preferences and manipulations Juan Perote Pena and Ashley Piggins, 6. Judgment aggregation under constraints Franz Dietrich and Christian List, 7. Rationality and the legal order Gerald Pech, III Philosophical aspects of normative social choice, 8. Distributing causal responsibility in collectivities Matthew Braham and Manfred J. Holler, 9. The logic of valuing Boudewijn de Bruin, 10. Holistic defenses of rational choice theory: critique of Davidson and Pettit Thomas A. Boylan and Paschal F. O’Gorman