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020			_a978-0674009479
082			_a302.3 SEN
100			_aSen, Amartya
245			_aRationality and freedom
260			_c2002 _bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press _aLondon
300			_aix,736 p. _b24 cm; Hard
500			_a$39.95
505			_a1. Introduction : rationality and freedom -- 2. The possibility of social choice -- 3. Internal consistency of choice -- 4. Maximization and the act of choice -- 5. Goals, commitment, and identity -- 6. Rationality and uncertainty -- 7. Non-binary choice and preference -- 8. Rationality and social choice -- 9. Individual preference as the basis of social choice -- 10. Social choice and justice -- 11. Information and invariance in normative choice -- 12. Liberty and social choice -- 13. Minimal liberty -- 14. Rights : formulation and consequences -- 15. Positional objectivity -- 16. On the Darwinian view of progress -- 17. Markets and freedoms -- 18. Environmental evaluation and social change -- 19. The discipline of cost-benefit analysis -- Freedom and social choice : the Arrow lectures : introductory remarks -- 20. Opportunities and freedoms -- 21. Processes, liberty and rights -- 22. Freedom and the evaluation of opportunity.
520			_aRationality and freedom are among the most profound and contentious concepts in philosophy and the social sciences. In this, the first of two volumes, Amartya Sen brings clarity and insight to these difficult issues.
650			_aSocial choice _aRational choice theory _aDecision making _aLiberty
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