Economics, Rational Choice and Normative Philosophy (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy)

Following Amartya Sen’s insistence to expand the framework of rational choice theory by taking into account ‘non-utility information,’ economists, political scientists and philosophers have recently concentrated their efforts in analysing the issues related to rights, freedom, diversity intentions and equality. Thomas Boylan and Ruvin Gekker have gathered essays that reflect this trend. The particular themes addressed in this volume include: the measurement of diversity and freedom, formal analysis of individual rights and intentions, judgment aggregation under constraints and strategic manipulation in fuzzy environments. Some papers in the volume also deal with philosophical aspects of normative social choice. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Contents......Page 10 Contributors......Page 13 Preface......Page 14 Introduction......Page 16 Part I: Diversity, rights, norms and intentions......Page 28 1 What is diversity?......Page 30 2 Intentions, decisions and rationality......Page 71 3 Waiving and exercising rights in the theory of social situations......Page 88 4 Consequentialist choice and behavior: A comparison......Page 104 Part II: Social choice, judgment aggregation and rationality of legal order......Page 108 5 Social choice, fuzzy preferences and manipulations......Page 110 6 Judgment aggregation under constraints......Page 126 7 Rationality and the legal order......Page 139 Part III: Philosophical aspects of normative social choice......Page 158 8 Distributing causal responsibility in collectivities......Page 160 9 The logic of valuing......Page 179 10 Holistic defences of rational choice theory: A critique of Davidson and Pettit......Page 188 Index......Page 200 Following Amartya Sen's insistence to expand the framework of rational choice theory by taking into account 'non-utility information, ' economists, political scientists and philosophers have recently concentrated their efforts in analysing the issues related to rights, freedom, diversity intentions and equality. The authors have gathered essays that reflect this trend. The particular themes addressed in this volume include: the measurement of diversity and freedom, formal analysis of individual rights and intentions, judgment aggregation under constraints and strategic manipulation in fuzzy environments. Some papers in the volume also deal with philosophical aspects of normative social choice This book facilitates a closer collaboration and constructive interaction between economists, philosophers, economic methodologists and political scientists working in the field of normative social choice. A cabinet of leading international experts in the field of normative social choice theory, complemented by experts in the field of philosophy, economic methodology and political science have been brought together to discuss the major developments arising from extensive collaboration between experts in these cognate disciplines Edited By Thomas A. Boylan And Ruvin Gekker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.