Satisficing and maximizing
Subtitle: moral theorists on practical reason
By: edited by Michael Byron.
Contributors: Byron, Michael, 1964-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects; Practical reason
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Two views of satisficing / Michael Slote; title: Satisficing as a humanly rational strategy / David Schmidtz; title: Maxificing : life on a budget ; or, if you would maximize, then satisfice! / Jan Narveson; title: Satisficing and substantive values / Thomas Hurka; title: A new defense of satisficing / Michael Weber; title: Satisficing : not good enough / Henry S. Richardson; title: Why ethical satisficing makes sense and rational satisficing doesn't / James Dreier; title: The plausibility of satisficing and the role of good in ordinary thought / Mark van Roojen; title: Satisficing and perfectionism in virtue ethics / Christine Swanton; title: Could Aristotle satisfice? / Michael Byron; title: How do economists think about rationality? / Tyler Cowen.