Beyond optimizing : a study of rational choice

Author(s)

• Slote, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)

Bibliographic Information

Beyond optimizing : a study of rational choice

Michael Slote

Harvard University Press, 1989

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Moderation and Satisficing 2. Moderation, Rationality, and Virtue 3. Rational Restrictions on Optimizing 4. Rational Restrictions Based on Past History 5. Rational Dilemmas and Rational Supererogation 6. The Rational Permissions of "Fractional Prudence" 7. Rationality-Consequentialism 8. Implications for Ethics Notes Index

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Details

• NCID: BA07097922
• ISBN:
  • 0674069188
• LCCN: 88024522
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 192 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BJ1031
  • DC19 : 170
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethics
  • LCSH : Choice (Psychology)
  • LCSH : Reasoning