ISBN:
9780230120914
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1283588498
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9781283588492
Language:
English
Pages:
ca. 246 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Perspectives from social economics
Parallel Title:
Print version Approximating Prudence : Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Economic theory
;
Behavioral economics
;
Welfare economics
;
Development economics
;
Sociology
;
Welfare state
;
Rational Choice
;
Aristoteles v384-v322
;
Praktische Vernunft
Abstract:
In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model ofthe humanbeing, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.
Abstract:
In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being. He develops a careful accoun of human action and motivation known as a "background account" that is both non-mathematical and comprehensive. Approximating Prudence provides an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared. Yuengert emphasizes those aspects which are most likely to contrast with the economic account of choice: the nature of the ends of practical wisdom; the necessity to act in highly contingent environments; practical wisdom as
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice; 2. Is There Anything Economics Cannot Do? The Need for a Background Account; 3. Practical Wisdom, or Thinking about What to Do; 4. Objective Functions and the Goals of Human Action; 5. Risk, Uncertainty, and Contingency; 6. Virtue, or Self-Government in Decision Making; 7. Putting it All Together: The Synthetic Character of Practical Wisdom; 8. Where Does Practical Wisdom Reside?; 9. An Economics Mindful of Larger Worlds
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix 1: What Purposes Does Realism Serve?Appendix 2: Naturalistic and Social Scientific Background Accounts; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1057/9781137063175
URN:
10.1057/9781137063175
URL:
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