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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822256503321

Autore

Egonsson Dan

Titolo

Preference and information / / Dan Egonsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-351-90920-7

1-315-24615-5

1-281-10443-4

9786611104436

0-7546-8453-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Ashgate new critical thinking in philosophy

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Preferences (Philosophy)

Practical reason

Quality of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Analysing disappointment -- The quantitative element -- The qualitative element -- The qualitative element criticized -- Comparing examples -- Truth and deliberation -- Intrinsic and final preferences -- Strongly intrinsic preferences -- A problem of hypothetical approval -- Hypothetical approval in medicine.

Sommario/riassunto

Standard preferentialist theories allege that a person's preferences and their satisfaction are the correct measure of well-being. In this book, Egonsson presents a critical analysis of the ""full-information account of the good,"" which claims that only the satisfaction of rational and fully informed preferences has value for a person.