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Economic Rationality and Practical Reason

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Julian Nida-Rümelin

    1. Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library A: (TDLA, volume 24)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Rationality and Morality

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    Pages 1-15

  3. Rational Choice: Extensions and Revisions

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    Pages 16-35

  4. Actions and Intentions

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    Pages 36-48

  5. Bayesian Consequentialism and Consequential Reasons for Action

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    Pages 49-64

  6. Formal Economic Rationality

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    Pages 65-84

  7. Non-consequentialist Economic Rationality

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    Pages 85-95

  8. Interpersonal Dependency of Preferences

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    Pages 96-105

  9. Practical Reason and Metapreferences

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    Pages 106-129

  10. The Plurality of Good Reasons and the Theory of Practical Rationality

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    Pages 130-139

  11. Structural Rationality and Coherentism

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    Pages 140-161

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 162-174
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The theory of practical rationality does not belong to one academic discipline alone. There are quite divergent philosophical, economical, sociological, psychological and politological contributions. Sometimes the disciplinary boundaries impede theoretical progress. On the other hand it is an indication for the high complexity of the subject that so many divergent paradigms compete with one another, or - what is worse - live separately in a kind of splendid isolation. Decision theory in the broader sense, embracing the theory of games and collective choice theory, can help to understand practical reason in philosophical analysis. But there are interesting aspects which cannot be dealt with adequately within a decision-theoretic conceptual framework. To have both of these convictions justifies to neglect dis­ ciplinary boundaries and poses a problem for the orthodoxies of either sides. All the essays of this volume focus on the relation between economic rationality and practical reason and discuss different aspects of the same problem, i. e. a basic deficiency in the standard economic theory of practical rationality. But philosophical analysis would not be of much help if it just rejected the economic paradigm. It must rather help to integrate economic aspects into a broader view on practical reason.

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  • Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany

    Julian Nida-Rümelin

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