Satisficing and maximizing : moral theorists on practical reason /

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When we choose a course of action, do we always choose the best possible option? Or do we go for the next best alternative? Essays discuss these competing accounts of practical reasoning & explore the consequences that each has for moral theory in general & the theory of practical rationalit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Byron, Michael, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Practical reason.
Prise de décision > Aspect moral.
Raison pratique.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects
Practical reason
Entscheidungsfindung
Praktische Vernunft
Besluitvorming.
Ethische aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Two views of satisficing / Michael Slote
  • Satisficing as a humanly rational strategy / David Schmidtz
  • Maxificing : life on a budget, or, if you would maximize, then satisfice! / Jan Narveson
  • Satisficing and substantive values / Thomas Hurka
  • A new defense of satisficing / Michael Weber
  • Satisficing : not good enough / Henry S. Richardson
  • Why ethical satisficing makes sense and rational satisficing doesn't / James Dreier
  • The plausibility of satisficing and the role of good in ordinary thought / Mark van Roojen
  • Satisficing and perfectionism in virtue ethics / Christine Swanton
  • Could Aristotle satisfice? / Michael Byron
  • How do economists think about rationality? / Tyler Cowen.

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