Choice Theory

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. And we are also constantly judging the decisions other people make as rational or irrational. But what kind of criteria are we applying when we say that a choice is rational? What guides our own choices, especially in cases where we don't have complete information about the outcomes? What strategies should be applied in making decisions which affect a lot of people, as in the case of government policy? This book explores what it means to be rational in all these contexts. It introduces ideas from economics, philosophy, and other areas, showing how the theory applies to decisions in everyday life, and to particular situations such as gambling and the allocation of resources.

ISBN 0192803034   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780192803030 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 122 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford Paperbacks   Series ISSN 71 Format Paperback   Series title Very Short Introductions Publication date 22 Aug 2002   Height (mm) 178 Library of Congress 2002029577   Width (mm) 113 DEWEY 302.13   Spine width (mm) 9 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level General Pages 144

		Preface
		List of illustrations
1		Choice and desire		1
2		Reason and rationality		11
3		Racing and roulette		28
4		Gambling and insurance		50
5		Conflict and cooperation		66
6		Democracy and dictatorship		87
		Glossary		113
		References		121
		Further reading		123
		Index		125

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