ISBN: 9780199929016

Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. A committee may sensibly award fellowships, or may irrationally award them in violation of its own policies. A … More...

Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. A committee may sensibly award fellowships, or may irrationally award them in violation of its own policies. A theory of collective rationality defines collective acts that are evaluable for rationality and formulatesprinciples for their evaluation. This book argues that a group''s act is evaluable for rationality if it is the products of acts its members fully control. It also argues that such an act is collectively rational if the acts of the group''s members are rational. Efficiency is a goal of collectiverationality, but not a requirement, except in cases where conditions are ideal for joint action and agents have rationally prepared for joint action. The people engaged in a game of strategy form a group, and the combination of their acts yields a collective act. If their collective act is rational, it constitutes a solution to their game. A theory of collective rationality yields principles concerning solutions to games. One principle requiresthat a solution constitute an equilibrium among the incentives of the agents in the game. In a cooperative game some agents are coalitions of individuals, and it may be impossible for all agents to pursue all incentives. Because rationality is attainable, the appropriate equilibrium standard forcooperative games requires that agents pursue only incentives that provide sufficient reasons to act. The book''s theory of collective rationality supports an attainable equilibrium-standard for solutions to cooperative games and shows that its realization follows from individuals'' rational acts. By extending the theory of rationality to groups, this book reveals the characteristics that make an act evaluable for rationality and the way rationality''s evaluation of an act responds to the type of control its agent exercises over the act. The book''s theory of collective rationality contributesto philosophical projects such as contractarian ethics and to practical projects such as the design of social institutions. | Collective Rationality by Paul Weirich Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Philosophy > Metaphysics P10105, Paul Weirich<

2012, ISBN: 9780199929016

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[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: OXFORD UNIV PR], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book argues that a group s act is evaluable for rationality if it is the products of acts its members fully control. It also argues that such an act is co, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 284, [GW: 399g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

ISBN: 9780199929016

Paperback / softback. New. This book argues that a group's act is evaluable for rationality if it is the products of acts its members fully control. It also argues that such an act i… More...

Paperback / softback. New. This book argues that a group's act is evaluable for rationality if it is the products of acts its members fully control. It also argues that such an act is collectively rational if the acts of the group's members are rational. Efficiency is a goal of collective rationality, but not a requirement, except in cases where agents have rationally prepared for joint action., 6<

2012, ISBN: 9780199929016

Equilibrium in Cooperative Games, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], Oxford University Press Inc, 2012

2012, ISBN: 9780199929016

Equilibrium in Cooperative Games, Softcover, Buch, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc]