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This volume of essays is very much a sequel to the two earlier collections by Jon Elster, Ulysses and the Sirens and Sour Grapes. His topic is rationality--its scope, its limitations, and its failures. Elster considers rational responses to the insufficiency of reason itself and to the "indeterminacies" in deploying rational choice theory, and discusses the irrationality of not seeing when, where, and what these are. A key essay that gives the collection its title examines disputes in cases of child custody that are paradigmatically indeterminate. Leaving aside cases where one parent is patently unfit and assuming that protracted dispute is against the immediate interests of the child, Elster argues that three options present themselves: a strong presumption in favor of the mother, a strong presumption in favor of the primary caretaker, and tossing a coin. Though the first two options may be preferable in the short term, Elster argues that there is a case for randomization in the long term.
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The topic is rationality--its scope, limitations and failures--in this consideration of rational responses to instances where reason alone is insufficient, as in disputes over child custody.
This volume of essays is very much a sequel to the two earlier collections by Jon Elster, Ulysses and the Sirens and Sour Grapes. His topic is rationality--its scope, its limitations, and its failures. Elster considers rational responses to the insufficiency of reason itself and to the "indeterminacies" in deploying rational choice theory, and discusses the irrationality of not seeing when, where, and what these are. A key essay that gives the collection its title examines disputes in cases of child custody that are paradigmatically indeterminate. Leaving aside cases where one parent is patently unfit and assuming that protracted dispute is against the immediate interests of the child, Elster argues that three options present themselves: a strong presumption in favor of the mother, a strong presumption in favor of the primary caretaker, and tossing a coin. Though the first two options may be preferable in the short term, Elster argues that there is a case for randomization in the long term.
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The topic is rationality--its scope, limitations and failures--in this consideration of rational responses to instances where reason alone is insufficient, as in disputes over child custody.
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There are two ways in which theories can fail to explain: through indeterminacy and through inadequacy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maternal presumption rule, lottery voting, quo presumption, weighted lottery, social lotteries, maternal custody, getting custody, scarce medical resources, giving custody, custody litigation, maternal preference, natural lottery, using lotteries, parental fitness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Tenth Man by Graham Greene on page 64, and page 78
- The Summa Theologica (Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 19 & 20) by Thomas Aquinas on page 51, and page 52
- Gargantua and Pantagruel (Great Books of the Western World, Vol. 24) by Francois Rabelais on page 51
- Utilitarianism and Beyond by Amartya Sen in Back Matter
- Outlines & Highlights for Social Psychology by Brehm, ISBN: 061840337X (Cram101 Textbook Outlines) by Cram101 Textbook Reviews in Back Matter
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