Rational? Emma Cornelis Corvinus University Budapest 12 May 2010 - Introduction - Classical economists ascribe complete rationality to the behavior of human beings. But do the things people do in life really make sense? According to the conventional ways of predicting human behavior and human choices‚ one would handle out of perfect self-interest and perfect rationality and one would in addition possess perfect information and stable preferences. Looking at people from this so-called perspective
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effect on the situation‚ and he will be able to enjoy any improvement brought about by the other actors whether or not he supports the organization. This very statement makes me think how vague this approach is! I think the term “rationality” has no concrete definition. Rationality according to me is when individuals or any actors act to achieve a common goal because she knows that her efforts will improve the situation and help in realizing the ultimate goal. If individuals doesn’t work together
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Religious Orthodoxy and the Struggle for Rationality” (Vanguard Books ‚ 1991) • Bernard Lewis ‚ “What Went Wrong?” (Perennial Harper Collins 2002) • Jacob Bronowski‚ “The Ascent of Man” (1973) • Carl Sagan‚ “Cosmos” (1980) [2] Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy‚ “Muslims & Science – Religious Orthodoxy and the Struggle for Rationality” (Vanguard Books ‚1991) pg 2 &161. [3]Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy‚ “Muslims & Science – Religious Orthodoxy and the Struggle for Rationality” (Vanguard Books ‚1991)‚pg 115 – 141.
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References: Blume‚ L.E‚ and Easley.D (2008). "Rationality‚" The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics‚ 2nd Edition. Abstract & pre-publication copy. Boudon‚ R. (1982). The Unintended Consequences of Social Action. New York: St. Martin’s Press. Business News‚ (2009)‚ Are people always rational? [online]
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Difference between Islamic economics and conventional economics? In Islam there is no conflict between matter and soul‚ as there is no separation between economy and religion. Although Islamic economics is young in comparison with conventional economics‚ its characteristics‚ value and essence are appreciated by Muslims and the non-Muslims. The over-arching values of Islamic economics lie in the principle that it is an economic strategy that can achieve unity and harmony between the material and
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Predictability and control are major discussion points in Ritzer’s The McDonaldization of Society. These are points that have both pros and cons in regards to “irrationality of rationality” as evidenced in both the health care system and the health care debate in the United States. The “irrationality of rationality” can be described as the downside to something that is seemingly perfect‚ or seemingly rational. We must look at McDonaldization as both enabling and constraining (Giddens). The healthcare
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characters and opened the book this way to show the mentality of most people in England. Mr. Gradgrind may be compared to Sissy Jupe‚ whose mentality is for her love of imagination‚ expression and not solely on facts. Dickens conveys his message of rationality and logic through these characters and their actions representing his view of the nineteenth century working class and the poor. He
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of the Nursery School ideal‚ the hippies. Rationality is that which enables any man to; even with the worst education given to him feel that something is wrong because things appear blurred to him‚ that things must have clarity for it to appear blurred in the first place. It gives him an inkling perhaps or an intuition that something is not right around him and yet he still feels that ‘he has to make something somehow’. This is because of his rationality which naturally is the opposite of the fake
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happiness‚ he thinks we are not fulfilled by primarily being happy. Our aim is not to attain happiness but rather‚ to do our duty. Kant believes that rationality is a definitive part of our human nature. He believes our rationality is what makes us universal among all other human beings‚ and since we are rational‚ we are indeed moral. If we lack rationality we are not subjects to the moral law. He says we are to recognize moral obligations
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Schmid (eds.) (forthcoming)‚ Rationality and Commitment‚ Oxford Pauer-Studer‚ H. (2006)‚ Instrumental Rationality versus Practical Reason: Desires‚ Ends‚ and Commitment‚ in: Peter/Schmid (eds.) forthcoming Sen‚ A. (1977)‚ Rational Fools: A Critique of the Behavioral Foundations of Economic Theory‚ in: Philosophy and Public Affairs 6‚ 317–344 — (1985)‚ Goals‚ Commitment‚ and Identity‚ in: Journal of Law‚ Economics‚ and Organization 1(2)‚ 341–55 — (2002)‚ Rationality and Freedom‚ Cambridge/MA
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