| Description |
ix, 147 p ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents: Homo optans : on the human condition and the burden of choice -- Why be rational? (on the rationale of rationality) -- Is reasoning about values viciously circular? -- Deliberative conservatism -- Predictive incapacity and rational decision -- Dismissing extremely remote possibilities -- Nomic hierarchies and problems of relativism -- Technology, complexity, and social decision -- Is consensus required for a rational social order? -- Risking democracy (some reflections on contemporary problems of political decision) -- Collective responsibiblity. |
| Sujet |
Decision making.
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Political planning.
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| ISBN |
0742514900 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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