Convention and materialism : uniqueness without aura / Paolo Virno, foreword by Giorgio Agamben ; translated by Lorenzo Chiesa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virno, Paolo, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Chiesa, Lorenzo, translator.

Series:

Insubordinations: Italian Radical Thought

Insubordinations: Italian radical thought

Standardized Title:

Convenzione e materialismo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convention (Philosophy).

Materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Virno's first book, revised in 2010, and one of the first important considerations of "immaterial labor" from a heterodox Marxist perspective. With an introduction by Giorgio Agamben"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Core Ideas and Arguments

Intended Audience and Reading Tips

1. Decision Psychology and Medical Decision-Making: How Patients Decide

Heuristics and Biases in Decision-Making

Theoretical and Normative Issues in Heuristics and Biases Research

Conclusion

2. Bad Decisions? What Behavioral Economics Means for Patient Autonomy, Decision Quality, and Well-Being

Are Patients Generally Autonomous? Lessons from Behavioral Economics

Are Patients at Risk for Poor-Quality Decisions? Lessons from Behavioral Economics

How Behavioral Economics Raises Concerns about Patient Harm and Well-Being

Clarifying and Concluding Remarks

3. The Ethics of Using Nudging and Choice Architecture to Improve Decision-Making: Four Arguments for Nudging

Basic Terminology

Preface to the Arguments: Nudging Is Unavoidable, Neutrality Is Impossible

Argument 1: The Argument from Decisional Improvement and the Rule of Easy Rescue

Argument 2: The Argument from the Principle of Beneficence

Argument 3: The Argument from Justified Soft Paternalism and Respect for Autonomy

Argument 4: Patients Don't Mind and the Principle of Endorsement

Why Not (and When) to Use Rational Persuasion

Why Not (and When) to Use Coercion

When Not to Nudge (or When to Minimize Nudging)

Nudging Alternatives? The Promise of Debiasing Strategies, Bumps, and Boosts

4. Are All Nudges Ethically Equal?

Additional Questions Related to Types of Nudges

Additional Questions Related to When Nudging Is Justified

5. Nudging in the Weeds: Case Studies of Nudging in the Clinic

Nudging in Psychiatry

Nudging in Pediatric Critical Care

Nudging in Maternal Fetal Surgery

Nudging in Prostate Cancer Decision-Making

Notes

Chapter 1.

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-36541-3

0-262-36542-1

OCLC:

1256586025