Philosophy - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This book presents the first detailed examination of incommensurability in the value-theoretical sense. Exploring how choosers deal with problems and constraints of choice, the author draws on work in cognitive psychology, in sociology, in jurisprudence, in economics, and in the theory of value to show how choosers learn to make 'trade-offs' when there is potential incommensurability among the options they are considering. The analysis is also informed by recent work in the tradition of Michel Foucault. With so many modern devices and ideals of government dependent on the comparability of options, this book is timely and can inform public debate about deregulation, user-pays, accountability, and the substitution of market mechanisms for government regulation and supply.Synopsis
D'Agostino (U. of New England, Australia) examines the ethico-political notion of incommensurability from a variety of perspectives. In particular, he aims to show the relevance of many important recent non- philosophical or otherwise less discussed yet relevant approaches to incommensurability including social choice theory and the Foucauldian "analytics of governmentality." Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
December 1, 2002
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Pages
240
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780754631491