The myth of choice [[electronic resource] ] : personal responsibility in a world of limits / / Kent Greenfield

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810589503321
• Autore: Greenfield Kent
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-31972-1; 9786613319722; 0-300-17887-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.8/3
• Soggetti: Choice (Psychology); Decision making; Responsibility
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.