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Discusses how we judge others moral character
Argues that the science of reasoning can be useful in developing democratic politics
Examines how human reasoning developed to navigate our complex social interactions
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This work will interest scholars and students working in fields including theory of mind, decision-making, moral cognition, critical thinking, experimental philosophy, and behavioural economics, as well as policy makers interested in how reasoning impacts our political understanding.
Keywords
- reasoning
- thinking
- Behaviorally informed policies
- What is special about human reasoning?
- naive utility calculus model
- rational speech act model
- psychology of intuition
- study of Moral character
- Cooperation-motivated beliefs
- Self-deluded reasoning
- psychology of democracy
- how we look at other voters decisions
- The Turing test
- how and why we judge others
- moral judgement
- morality in politics
Authors and Affiliations
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Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France
Jean-François Bonnefon
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reasoning Unbound
Book Subtitle: Thinking about Morality, Delusion and Democracy
Authors: Jean-François Bonnefon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60049-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60048-6Published: 22 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95610-4Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60049-3Published: 22 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 204
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Economic Psychology, Political Philosophy, Emotion, Moral Philosophy