Decisions About Decisions - Practical Reason in Ordinary Life

How do we decide how we decide? On the largest matters and the smallest ones, we make such decisions all the time. This book casts light on decisions about decisions?what they are, where they go wrong, and how they can be helped to go right.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Second-order decisions; 2. Deciding to opt; 3. Deciding to know; 4. Deciding to believe, 1: The case of climate change; 5. Deciding to believe - 2. In general; 6. Deciding inconsistently; 7. Deciding to consume - 1. In general; 8. Deciding to consume - 2. The case of social media; 9. Deciding by algorithm; 10. Deciding for oneself; Epilogue: 'Get drunk!'.

About the author

Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard. He is the founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. He is also a Distinguished Academic Visitor at Queen's College and an Honorary Fellow at Judd Business School, Cambridge University. In 2018, he received the Holberg Prize from the government of Norway.

Summary

How do we decide how we decide? On the largest matters and the smallest ones, we make such decisions all the time. This book casts light on decisions about decisions—what they are, where they go wrong, and how they can be helped to go right.

Foreword

This book examines decisions about decisions—what they are, where they go wrong, and how they can go right.

Product details

• Authors: Cass R. Sunstein, Cass R. (Harvard University Sunstein, Sunstein Cass R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009400466
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940046-6
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, LAW / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Psychology, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, Political science & theory, Management decision making, Political science and theory, Decision theory: general