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100 1 Greenfield, Kent.
245 14 The myth of choice :|bpersonal responsibility in a world
of limits /|cKent Greenfield.
264 1 New Haven ;|aLondon :|bYale University Press,|c[2011]
264 4 |c©2011
300 vii, 244 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 The centrality of choice -- Choices, choices, choices --
In love with choice -- Limits and influences -- Our
choices, our brains -- Choice and culture -- Choice and
power -- Choice and the free market -- What to do -- The
problem with personal responsibility -- Umpires, judges,
and bad choices -- Building choice in a world of limits.
520 Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political
theory is based on the consent of the governed. Our legal
system is built upon the argument that people freely make
choices and bear responsibility for them. And what slogan
could better express the heart of our consumer culture
than "Have it your way"? In this book, the author poses
unsettling questions about the choices we make. What if
they are more constrained and limited than we like to
think? If we have less free will than we realize, what are
the implications for us as individuals and for our
society? To uncover the answers, he taps into scholarship
on topics ranging from brain science to economics,
political theory to sociology. His discoveries, told
through an array of news events, personal anecdotes, crime
stories, and legal decisions, confirm that many factors,
conscious and unconscious, limit our free will. Worse, by
failing to perceive them we leave ourselves open to
manipulation. But he offers useful suggestions to help us
become better decision makers as individuals, and to
ensure that in our laws and public policy we acknowledge
the complexity of choice.
650 0 Choice (Psychology)
650 0 Decision making.
650 0 Responsibility.
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