| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 rationality in particular |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Practical reason.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Practical reason
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Entscheidungsfindung
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Praktische Vernunft
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Besluitvorming.
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Ethische aspecten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Byron, Michael, 1964-
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| ISBN |
0511215134 |
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9780511215131 |
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0511216920 |
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9780511216923 |
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9780511617058 |
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0511617054 |
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052181149X |
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9780521811491 |
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0521010055 |
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9780521010054 |
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1280540133 |
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9781280540134 |
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0511213328 |
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9780511213328 |
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