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Rational Man and Irrational Society?

Rational Man and Irrational Society? PDF Author: Brian Barry
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
The Prisoner's Dilemma and Kenneth Arrow's General Possibility Theorem, are two of the most simple, yet far-reaching concepts in social science. The first captures in an easily understood paradox how individually rational acts that benefit individual people can combine to produce a result that is of less benefit to everyone. The Arrow Theorem shows that there is no formula for ranking the preferences of many people into a rational aggregate. This book is a collection of the best work done on these two ideas. It is an ideal introduction for students or sourcebook for professionals. `...it presents the traditional works addressing the problems of rationality in social and political theory...the anthology represents a much nee
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