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Deliberation and Decision explores ways of bridging the gap between
two rival approaches to theorizing about democratic institutions:
constitutional economics on the one hand and deliberative democracy
on the other. The two approaches offer very different accounts of
the functioning and legitimacy of democratic institutions. Although
both highlight the importance of democratic consent, their accounts
of such consent could hardly be more different. Constitutional
economics models individuals as self-interested rational utility
maximizers and uses economic efficiency criteria such as incentive
compatibility for evaluating institutions. Deliberative democracy
models individuals as communicating subjects capable of engaging in
democratic discourse. The two approaches are disjointed not only in
terms of their assumptions and methodology but also in terms of the
communication - or lack thereof - between their respective
communities of researchers. This book provides a comprehensive
overview of the recent debate between the two approaches and makes
new and original contributions to that debate.
Deliberation and Decision explores ways of bridging the gap between
two rival approaches to theorizing about democratic institutions:
constitutional economics on the one hand and deliberative democracy
on the other. The two approaches offer very different accounts of
the functioning and legitimacy of democratic institutions. Although
both highlight the importance of democratic consent, their accounts
of such consent could hardly be more different. Constitutional
economics models individuals as self-interested rational utility
maximizers and uses economic efficiency criteria such as incentive
compatibility for evaluating institutions. Deliberative democracy
models individuals as communicating subjects capable of engaging in
democratic discourse. The two approaches are disjointed not only in
terms of their assumptions and methodology but also in terms of the
communication - or lack thereof - between their respective
communities of researchers. This book provides a comprehensive
overview of the recent debate between the two approaches and makes
new and original contributions to that debate.
A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence
of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically
minded philosophers believe. Philosophers have argued about the
nature and the very existence of free will for centuries. Today,
many scientists and scientifically minded commentators are
skeptical that it exists, especially when it is understood to
require the ability to choose between alternative possibilities. If
the laws of physics govern everything that happens, they argue,
then how can our choices be free? Believers in free will must be
misled by habit, sentiment, or religious doctrine. Why Free Will Is
Real defies scientific orthodoxy and presents a bold new defense of
free will in the same naturalistic terms that are usually deployed
against it. Unlike those who defend free will by giving up the idea
that it requires alternative possibilities to choose from,
Christian List retains this idea as central, resisting the tendency
to defend free will by watering it down. He concedes that free will
and its prerequisites-intentional agency, alternative
possibilities, and causal control over our actions-cannot be found
among the fundamental physical features of the natural world. But,
he argues, that's not where we should be looking. Free will is a
"higher-level" phenomenon found at the level of psychology. It is
like other phenomena that emerge from physical processes but are
autonomous from them and not best understood in fundamental
physical terms-like an ecosystem or the economy. When we discover
it in its proper context, acknowledging that free will is real is
not just scientifically respectable; it is indispensable for
explaining our world.
Title: Beschreibung des brittischen Amerika zur ersparung der
englischen Karten: nebst einer Special-Karte der mittlern
brittischen Colonien.Author: Christian LeistePublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01945200CollectionID:
CTRG96-B1834PublicationDate: 17780101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Includes index.Collation: 29 (i.e. 20), 571 p., 1]
folded leaf of plates: map; 19 cm
Are companies, churches, and states genuine agents? Or are they
just collections of individual agents that give a misleading
impression of unity? This question is important, since the answer
dictates how we should go about explaining the behaviour of these
entities and whether we should treat them as responsible and
accountable in the manner of individuals. Group Agency offers a new
approach to that question and is relevant, therefore, in a range of
fields from philosophy to law, politics, and the social sciences.
Christian List and Philip Pettit take the line that there really
are group or corporate agents, over and above the individual agents
who compose them, and that a proper social science and a proper
approach to law, morality, and politics have to take account of
this fact. Unlike some earlier defences of group agency, their
account is entirely unmysterious in character and, despite not
being technically difficult, is grounded in cutting-edge work in
social choice theory, economics, and philosophy.
Are companies, churches, and states genuine agents? Or are they
just collections of individual agents that give a misleading
impression of unity? This question is important, since the answer
dictates how we should go about explaining the behaviour of these
entities and whether we should treat them as responsible and
accountable in the manner of individuals. Group Agency offers a new
approach to that question and is relevant, therefore, in a range of
fields from philosophy to law, politics, and the social sciences.
Christian List and Philip Pettit take the line that there really
are group or corporate agents, over and above the individual agents
who compose them, and that a proper social science and a proper
approach to law, morality, and politics have to take account of
this fact. Unlike some earlier defences of group agency, their
account is entirely unmysterious in character and, despite not
being technically difficult, is grounded in cutting-edge work in
social choice theory, economics, and philosophy.
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