Satisficing and Maximizing

Byron, Michael

Satisficing and Maximizing Moral Theorists on Practical Reason - New York Cambridge University 2004 - 245p

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Two Views of Satisficing 14 Michael Stole 2. Satisficing as a Humanly Rational Strategy 30 David Schmidtz 3. Maxificing: Life on a Budget; or, If You Would Maximize,Then Satisfice! 59 Jan Narveson 4. Satisficing and Substantive Values 71 Thomas Hurka 5. A New Defense of Satisficing 77 Michael Weber 6. Satisficing: Not Good Enough 106 Henry S. Richardson 7. Why Ethical Satisficing Makes Sense and Rational Satisficing Doesn`t 131 James Dreier 8. The Plausibility of Satisficing and the Role of Good in Ordinary Thought 155 Mark van Roojen 9. Satisficing and Perfectionism in Virtue Ethics 176 Christine Swanton 10. Could Aristotle Satisfice? Michael Byron 11. How Do Economists Think About Rationality? Tyler Cowen

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