Indeterminacy and society
by
 
Hardin, Russell, 1940-

Title
Indeterminacy and society

Author
Hardin, Russell, 1940-

ISBN
9780691091761

Personal Author
Hardin, Russell, 1940-

Publication Information
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003.

Physical Description
p. cm.

Contents
Ch. 1. Indeterminacy -- Ch. 2. Beyond Basic Rationality -- Ch. 3. Mutual Advantage -- Ch. 4. The Greatest Sum -- Ch. 5. Marginal Determinacy -- Ch. 6. Rules for Determinacy -- Ch. 7. Indeterminate Justice -- Ch. 8. Mechanical Determinacy -- App. to Ch. 2. Determinacy in Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma -- App. to Ch. 4. Individually Cardinal Utility.

Abstract
"In the course of the book, Hardin outlines the various ways in which theorists from Hobbes to Rawls have gone wrong in denying or ignoring indeterminacy, and suggests how social theories would be enhanced - and how certain problems could be resolved effectively or successfully - if they assumed from the beginning that indeterminacy was the normal state of affairs, not the exception. Representing a bold challenge to widely held theoretical assumptions and habits of thought, Indeterminacy and Society will be debated across a range of fields including politics, law, philosophy, economics, and business management."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
Social interaction.
 
Choice (Psychology)
 
Determinism (Philosophy)

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin031/2002042720.html


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