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Structural Rationality and Other Essays on Practical Reason (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Structural Rationality and Other Essays on Practical Reason (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Theory and Decision Library A:, 52
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In this book, the author shows that it is necessary to enrich the
conceptual frame of the theory of rational choice beyond
consequentialism. He argues that consequentialism as a general
theory of rational action fails and that this does not force us
into the dichotomy teleology vs deontology. The unity of practical
reason can be saved without consequentialism. In the process, he
presents insightful criticism of standard models of action and
rational choice. This will help readers discover a new perspective
on the theory of rationality. The approach is radical: It
transcends the reductive narrowness of instrumental rationality
without denying its practical impact. Actions do exist that are
outlined in accordance to utility maximizing or even self-interest
maximizing. Yet, not all actions are to be understood in these
terms. Actions oriented around social roles, for example, cannot
count as irrational only because there is no known underlying
maximizing heuristic. The concept of bounded rationality tries to
embed instrumental rationality into a form of life to highlight
limits of our cognitive capabilities and selective perceptions.
However, the agent is still left within the realm of
cost-benefit-reasoning. The idea of social preferences or
meta-preferences cannot encompass the plurality of human actions.
According to the author they ignore the plurality of reasons that
drive agency. Hence, they coerce agency in fitting into a theory
that undermines humanity. His theory of structural rationality
acknowledges lifeworld patterns of interaction and meaning.
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