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Ulysses Unbound

By Jon Elster

Ulysses Unbound Philosophy

Ulysses Unbound

By Jon Elster

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Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative book argues that, very often, common sense fails. Sometimes it is simply the case that less is more; people may benefit from being constrained in their options or from being ignorant. The three long essays that constitute this book revise and expand the ideas developed in Jon Elster's classic study Ulysses and the Sirens. It is not simply a new edition of the earlier book, though; many of the issues merely touched on before are explored here in much more detail. Elster shows how seemingly disparate examples which limit freedom of action reveal similar patterns, so much so that he proposes a new field of study: constraint theory. The book is written in Elster's characteristically vivid style and will interest professionals and students in philosophy, political science, psychology, and economics.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
322
Release Date:
2000-04-01
Publication Date:
2015-01-07
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0521662133
ISBN13:
9780521662130
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
675 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
24 cm
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