Thinking about Addiction: Hyperbolic Discounting and Responsible Agency

By Craig Hanson

What is addiction? Why do some people become addicted while others do not? Is the addict rational? In this book, Craig Hanson attempts to answer these questions and more. Using insights from the beginnings of philosophy to contemporary behavioral economics, Hanson attempts to assess the variety of ways in which we can and cannot, understand addi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042026626
• ISBN13: 9789042026629
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"