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Choice in Everyday Life : Individuals, Incommensurability and Democracy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203311349
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Choice in Everyday LifeDDC classification:
  • 302/.13
LOC classification:
  • HB846.8 -- .U77 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Tragic conflict, ethical order, and the polis -- 1 Gods and mortals -- 2 A human order -- 3 A tragic order -- Part II Incommensurable choice -- 4 Taking things seriously -- 5 Shapes and scales of choice -- 6 "The Jolly Corner" -- 7 Necessity and difficulty of life choice -- 8 The time of crossword puzzles -- 9 For small values -- Part III Individuality and democracy -- 10 The occurrence of individuality -- 11 Individuals, materialism, and democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Social choice and decision-making are key topics in economic theory and Robert Urquhart delves into the world of philosophy in this superb new book.
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Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Tragic conflict, ethical order, and the polis -- 1 Gods and mortals -- 2 A human order -- 3 A tragic order -- Part II Incommensurable choice -- 4 Taking things seriously -- 5 Shapes and scales of choice -- 6 "The Jolly Corner" -- 7 Necessity and difficulty of life choice -- 8 The time of crossword puzzles -- 9 For small values -- Part III Individuality and democracy -- 10 The occurrence of individuality -- 11 Individuals, materialism, and democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Social choice and decision-making are key topics in economic theory and Robert Urquhart delves into the world of philosophy in this superb new book.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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