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BEYOND SELF-GOAL CHOICE: AMARTYA SEN'S ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF COMMITMENT AND THE ROLE OF SHARED DESIRES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2005

HANS BERNHARD SCHMID
HANS BERNHARD SCHMID
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University of St. Gallen
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In the current debate on economic rationality, Amartya Sen's analysis of the structure of commitment plays a uniquely important role (Weirich 2004: 387ff.). However, Sen is not alone in pitting committed action against the standard model of rational behavior. Before turning to Sen's analysis in section 2 of this paper, I shall start with an observation concerning some of the other relevant accounts.

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , April 2005 , pp. 51 - 63
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