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On Settling (Paperback)
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On Settling (Paperback)
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In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, "settling" seems
like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value
of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only
more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving.
In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without
settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may
admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could
get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a
complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resolution that,
while almost certainly not the best that one could find by devoting
limitless time and attention to the problem, is nonetheless good
enough. Robert Goodin explores the dynamics of this process. These
involve taking as fixed, for now, things that we reserve the right
to reopen later (nothing is fixed for good, although events might
always overtake us). We settle on some things in order to
concentrate better on others. At the same time we realize we may
need to come back later and reconsider those decisions. From
settling on and settling for, to settling down and settling in, On
Settling explains why settling is useful for planning, creating
trust, and strengthening the social fabric--and why settling is
different from compromise and resignation. So, the next time you're
faced with a thorny problem, just settle. It's no failure.
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