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Preference and information / Dan Egonsson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egonsson, Dan.
- Series:
- Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy.
- Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Preferences (Philosophy).
- Practical reason.
- Quality of life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Standard preferentialist theories allege that a person's preferences and their satisfaction are the correct measure of well-being. In this book, Egonsson presents a critical analysis of the ""full-information account of the good,"" which claims that only the satisfaction of rational and fully informed preferences has value for a person.
- Contents:
- Analysing disappointment
- The quantitative element
- The qualitative element
- The qualitative element criticized
- Comparing examples
- Truth and deliberation
- Intrinsic and final preferences
- Strongly intrinsic preferences
- A problem of hypothetical approval
- Hypothetical approval in medicine.
- Notes:
- First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-160) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-90920-7
- 1-315-24615-5
- 1-281-10443-4
- 9786611104436
- 0-7546-8453-9
- 9781315246154
- OCLC:
- 319491997
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