02854nam 22004815 450 991079397260332120210113045148.00-300-24920-910.12987/9780300249200(CKB)4100000009751723(MiAaPQ)EBC5969316(DE-B1597)542076(OCoLC)1126789494(DE-B1597)9780300249200(EXLCZ)99410000000975172320200406h20192019 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWillful how we choose what we do /Richard RobbNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (253 pages)0-300-24643-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --1. Venturing beyond Purposeful Choice --2. Two Realms of Human Behavior --3. Acting in Character --4. Making Money in Financial Markets: Anatomy of a Leap --5. For-Itself Decision-Making within a Group --6. Altruism --7. Public Policy --8. Changing Our Minds --9. Homo Economicus and Homo Ludens --Summing Up. Purposeful versus For-Itself: A Peace Treaty --Notes --Bibliography --Acknowledgments --IndexA revelatory alternative to the standard economic models of human behavior that proposes an exciting new way to understand decision†'making   Why do we do the things we do? The classical view of economics is that we are rational individuals, making decisions with the intention of maximizing our preferences. Behaviorists, on the other hand, see us as relying on mental shortcuts and conforming to preexisting biases. Richard Robb argues that neither explanation accounts for those things that we do for their own sake, and without understanding these sorts of actions, our picture of decision†'making is at best incomplete. Robb explains how these choices made seemingly without reason belong to a realm of behavior he identifies as "for†'itself."   A provocative combination of philosophy and economics that offers a key to many of our quixotic choices, this groundbreaking volume provides a new way to understand everything from investing to how hard we work to how we manage daily interactions.Decision makingDecision makingPhilosophyChoice (Psychology)Decision making.Decision makingPhilosophy.Choice (Psychology).330Robb Richardauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1582915DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910793972603321Willful3865671UNINA