Collective Rationality: Equilibrium in Cooperative Games

by Paul Weirich

Book Overview

Groups of people perform acts that are subject to standards of rationality. A committee may sensibly award fellowships, or may irrationally award them in violation of its own policies. A theory of collective rationality defines collective acts that are evaluable for rationality and formulates principles for their evaluation. This book argues that a group's act is evaluable for rationality if it is the products of acts its members fully control. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199929017
• ISBN13: 9780199929016
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"