Satisficing and Maximizing: Moral Theorists on Practical Reason

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Moral Theorists on Practical Reason

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-x

Introduction
pp 1-13

1 - Two Views of Satisficing
pp 14-29

2 - Satisficing as a Humanly Rational Strategy
pp 30-58

3 - Maxificing: Life on a Budget; or, If You Would Maximize, Then Satisfice!
pp 59-70

4 - Satisficing and Substantive Values
pp 71-76

5 - A New Defense of Satisficing
pp 77-105

6 - Satisficing: Not Good Enough
pp 106-130

7 - Why Ethical Satisficing Makes Sense and Rational Satisficing Doesn't
pp 131-154

8 - The Plausibility of Satisficing and the Role of Good in Ordinary Thought
pp 155-175

9 - Satisficing and Perfectionism in Virtue Ethics
pp 176-189

10 - Could Aristotle Satisfice?
pp 190-212

11 - How Do Economists Think About Rationality?
pp 213-236

Bibliography
pp 237-242

Index
pp 243-245

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