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- catalog abstract ""Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails. Sometimes it is simply the case that less is more; people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant." "The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book, though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail." "The book will interest professionals and students in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11976155.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails. Sometimes it is simply the case that less is more; people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant." "The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book, though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail." "The book will interest professionals and students in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "I. Ulysses Revisited: How and Why People Bind Themselves. I.1. Introduction: Constraint Theory. I.2. Passion as a Reason for Self-Binding. I.3. Time-Inconsistency and Discounting. I.4. Time-Inconsistency and Strategic Behavior. I.5. Passion as a Device for Self-Binding. I.6. Variations on a Russian Nobleman. I.7. Addiction and Precommitment. I.8. Obstacles, Objections, and Alternatives -- II. Ulysses Unbound: Constitutions as Constraints. II. 2. Disanalogies with Individual Precommitment. II. 3. The Nature and Structure of Constitutions. II. 4. Constraints on Constitution-Making. II. 5. Two Levels of Constitutional Precommitment. II. 6. Self-Binding in Athenian Politics. II. 7. Interest and Passion in Philadelphia and Paris.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-300) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 308 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521662133 (hardbound)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "128/.4 21".
- catalog subject "BF441 .E45 2000".
- catalog subject "Psychology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Rationalism Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Reasoning (Psychology)".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Ulysses Revisited: How and Why People Bind Themselves. I.1. Introduction: Constraint Theory. I.2. Passion as a Reason for Self-Binding. I.3. Time-Inconsistency and Discounting. I.4. Time-Inconsistency and Strategic Behavior. I.5. Passion as a Device for Self-Binding. I.6. Variations on a Russian Nobleman. I.7. Addiction and Precommitment. I.8. Obstacles, Objections, and Alternatives -- II. Ulysses Unbound: Constitutions as Constraints. II. 2. Disanalogies with Individual Precommitment. II. 3. The Nature and Structure of Constitutions. II. 4. Constraints on Constitution-Making. II. 5. Two Levels of Constitutional Precommitment. II. 6. Self-Binding in Athenian Politics. II. 7. Interest and Passion in Philadelphia and Paris.".
- catalog title "Ulysses unbound : studies in rationality, precommitment, and constraints / Jon Elster.".
- catalog type "text".