Approximating Prudence: Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice

By Andrew M. Yuengert

Book Overview

Chapter 1 - Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice * Chapter 2 - Is There Anything Economics Cannot Do? The Need for a Background Account * Chapter 3 - Practical Wisdom, or Thinking about What to Do * Chapter 4 - Objective Functions and the Goals of Human Action * Chapter 5 - Contingency and Uncertainty * Chapter 6 - Modeling Virtue * Chapter 7 - The Synthetic Nature of Choice * Chapter 8 - The Unformulability of Practical wisdom * Chapter 9 - Conclusions

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349299065
• ISBN13: 9781349299065
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"