T. R. Harrison

Rational Action

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is concerned with the concepts of rationality, belief and desire in the explanation and evaluation of human action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780521143738
• ISBN-10: 052114373X
• Artikelnr.: 31187782

Inhaltsangabe

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.