About this title: It is a commonplace that in making decisions agents often have to juggle competing values, and that no choice will maximise satisfaction of them all. However, the prevailing account of these cases assumes that there is always a single ranking of the agent's values, and therefore no unresolvable conflict between them. Isaac Levi denies this assumption, arguing that agents often must choose without having balanced their different values and that to be rational, an act does not have to be optimal, only what Levi terms 'admissible'. This book explores the consequences of denying the assumption ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521386302ISBN:0521386306
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521386302ISBN:0521386306
Description: Good-Some Underlining. Some pencilled underlining and margin marks in the last twenty pages; some modest creasing at the spine; but the bulk of the text is clean, the cover has only the faintest hint of edge wear and is otherwise clean and excellent. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1987
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 250pp. Black cloth binding. Owner's signature front pastedown and embossed stamp front endpaper. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521386302ISBN:0521386306
Description: New. This book explores the consequences of denying the assumption and develops a general approach to decision making under unresolved conflict. Professor Levi discusses conflicts of value in several domains--those arising in moral dilemmas, the drawing o... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521386302ISBN:0521386306
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521386302ISBN:0521386306
Description: New. We are no longer able to guarantee delivery by Christmas. PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. This book explores the consequences of denying the assumption and develops a general approach to decision making under unresolved conflict. Professor Levi discusses conflicts of value in several domains— those arising in moral dilemmas, the drawing of scientific inferences, decisions taken under ... read more
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