
Making Choices: A Recasting of Decision Theory
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Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0521588405
Language : English
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Publication Date : February 13, 1997
Pages : 174
The book aims to expand the scope and enrich the foundations of decision theory. By addressing such issues as ambivalence, inner conflict, and the constraints imposed upon us by our attachments to others, Frederic Schick reveals that our thinking is often more subtle than standard theories of rationality allow. Only a theory that respects that subtlety can illumine what is otherwise puzzling. The book contains many examples drawn from history and literature dealing with subjects such as love, war, friendship, and crime.