Normal rationality : decisions and social order /

'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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ullmann-Margalit, Edna (Author)
Other Authors:	Margalit, Avishai, 1939- (Editor), Sunstein, Cass R. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Philosophy. Decision making. Practical reason. Social structure > Philosophy. Decision Making Sciences sociales > Philosophie. Prise de décision. Raison pratique. Structure sociale > Philosophie. decision making. PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE > Cognitive Science. Decision making Practical reason Social sciences > Philosophy Social structure > Philosophy Rationalität Sozialordnung Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.