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Normal rationality : decisions and social order / Edna Ullmann-Margalit, Avishai Margalit, and Cass R. Sunstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ullmann-Margalit, Edna, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Decision making.
- Practical reason.
- Social structure--Philosophy.
- Social structure.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Decisions and social order
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- 'Normal Rationality' is a selection of the most important work of Edna Ullmann-Margalit, presenting some influential and widely admired essays alongside some that are not well known. She was an unorthodox and deeply original philosopher whose work illuminated the largest mysteries of human life. Much of her writing focuses on two fundamental questions: How do people proceed when they cannot act on the basis of reasons, or project likely consequences? How is social order possible? Ullmann-Margalit's answers, emphasising what might be called biased rationality, are important not only for philosophy, but also for political science, psychology, sociology, cognitive science, economics (including behavioural economics), law, and even public policy.
- Contents:
- Part I. Decisions
- Picking and choosing
- On presumption
- Second-order decisions
- Big decisions: opting, converting, drifting
- On not wanting to know
- Holding true and holding as true
- Part II. Social order
- Revision of norms
- Invisible-hand explanations
- The invisible hand and the cunning of reason
- Solidarity in consumption
- Trust, distrust, and in between
- The case of the camera in the kitchen: surveillance, privacy, sanctions, and governance
- Considerateness
- Epilogue: final ends and meaningful lives.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 21, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-252883-1
- 0-19-184075-0
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