Rationality and Freedom

by Amartya Sen

Book Overview

Rationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In two volumes on rationality, freedom, and justice, the distinguished economist and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674009479
• ISBN13: 9780674009479
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.6" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Reducing assumptions about rational choice

I found this book refreshing and insightful, it shares Sen's thoughts on how to value freedom as an aspect of choice in and of itself: If I would choose x anyhow, how much does it matter that I also am offered y & z as options. Additionally he discusses plausible scenarios in which a selection is dependent upon the menu of choices offered e.g., given options of {x,y} I choose x, given options of {x,y,a,b} I choose y. That said this book is a compendium of papers with the attendant repetition and overlap. The introduction is the best part.