Rational Action

Klappentext This volume is concerned with the concepts of rationality, belief and desire in the explanation and evaluation of human action. Zusammenfassung This volume is concerned with the concept of rationality and the interrelations between rationality! belief and desire in the explanation and evaluation of human action. Rational Action is of central interest to historians! social theorists and economists as well as to philosophers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors; Introduction; 1. Rational man and social science Martin Hollis; 2. Internal and external reasons Bernard Williams; 3. Ethical consistency Ross Harrison; 4. Wish-fulfilment Richard Wollheim; 5. Holistic explanation: an outline of a theory Christopher Peacocke; 6. Rational actors in macrosociological analysis James Coleman; 7. Rational choice and political principles Albert Weale; 8. Informational analysis of moral principles Amartya Sen; 9. Reflections on the state of nature J. E. J. Altham; 10. Is there a free-rider problem, and if so, what is it? Richard Tuck; 11. Contract, coercion, and consciousness John Maguire; Index.

Product details

• Authors: T. R. Harrison, T.R. Harrison, Harrison T. R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521143738
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14373-8
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: logic