Judgment Misguided: Intuition and Error in Public Decision Making

by Jonathan Baron

Book Overview

People often follow intuitive principles of decision making, ranging from group loyalty to the belief that nature is benign. But instead of using these principles as rules of thumb, we often treat them as absolutes and ignore the consequences of following them blindly.
In Judgment Misguided, Jonathan Baron explores our well-meant and deeply felt personal intuitions about what is right and wrong, and how they affect the public domain. Baron argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195111087
• ISBN13: 9780195111088
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"