Amartya Sen and Rational Choice : The Concept of Commitment /: The Concept of Commitment. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark S. Peacock.
• Authors: Peacock, Mark S
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Choice, consistency and self-interest; Introduction; I Internal consistency; II Preference, choice, self-interest; III Bottles, dilemmas and social responsibility; IV As-if rankings; Conclusion; Notes; 2. Sympathy; Introduction; I Sympathy: Sen's interpreters; II Two types of sympathy; III Active sympathy; IV Active sympathy and maximization; Conclusion; Note; 3. Commitment; Introduction; I Commitment: two definitions; II Counter-preferential choice III Commitment and moralityIV Reasons, preferences and mixed motives; V Sympathy, commitment, egoism and altruism; Conclusion; 4. Commitment and meta-rankings; Introduction; I Meta-ranking; II Morality, meta-ranking and the prisoners' dilemma; III Weakness of will; IV Preferences, meta-rankings and the concept of a person; Conclusion; Note; 5. Norms and commitment; Introduction; I Apples; II Norms and preferences; III Self-imposed constraints: orthodoxy and heterodoxy; IV Commitment and agent relativity; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Binding oneself: Self-imposed constraints; Introduction I Binding oneselfII Commitments and rights; Conclusion; Notes; 7. Goals; Introduction; I Characteristics of privateness: the capability-theoretic interpretation; II Testing Sen's independence claim, part 1; III Characteristics of privateness: the choice-theoretic interpretation; IV Testing Sen's independence claim, part 2; Conclusion; Note; 8. Self-goal choice; Introduction; I Self-goal choice and Sen's critics; II Testing Sen's independence claim, the third and final part; III Violating self-goal choice: an assessment; Conclusion; Note; Conclusion; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.019; Economics -- Psychological aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; Economics -- Psychological aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429583582; 0429583583; 9780429198946; 0429198949; 9780429581687; 0429581688
• Related ISBNs: 9780429579462; 0429579462; 0367188740; 9780367188740
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 14, 2019).
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