The Myth of Choice: Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300169868 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent book - sharp, insightful, witty Adam D Winkler Rarely do you find a book that mixes such sharp insight, meticulous research, and humorous storytelling. The author is an engaging writer, who makes reading every chapter a delight. The book is smart too, revealing the subtle and fascinating ways that our personal choices about sex, money, work, and politics are limited. We think of ourselves as free to do whatever we want, but Greenfield shows how the law, the marketplace, and our own hidden biases restrict our choices in ways that we never acknowledge. There's a telling anecdote on every page. Greenfield masters the cutting-edge research in one field after a. Frank Partnoy said A new and exciting public intellectual. I first read this book in draft, and was so thrilled about it that I did a back cover blurb. Professor Greenfield's voice really is that of a new and exciting public intellectual. My blurb said that the book is "bubbling with policy recommendations, fascinating paradoxes, and homespun personal advice about our most important life choices. A must read for thought leaders, regulators, and anyone who cares about novel and interesting ideas."I'll be a little more specific here than is possible in a blurb. From the beginning, Greenfield grabs us with the question of whether we face constraints on our choices. The a. The misleading mirage we call Choice Kim M. Clark OD For one schooled in the law, Greenfield's autodidactic command of the neurosciences is impressive. Without the burden of a lengthy preamble, Kent makes it clear at the outset which direction he intends to go. "We are constrained by our own biology," he observes, "[The] scope of our choices is much narrower than we have long assumed." He gently, but persuasively, reminds the reader that what we know as the freedom to choose, may, in fact, be little more than appearance; and appearances can be deceiving. As he notes, "This book is about our fixation on choice and our confused responses to it."Included in his abu
And what slogan could better express the heart of our consumer culture than "Have it your way"?In this provocative book, Kent Greenfield poses unsettling questions about the choices we make. But Greenfield offers useful suggestions to help us become better decision makers as individuals, and to ensure that in our laws and public policy we acknowledge the complexity of choice.. Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political theory is based on the consent of the governed. What if they are more constrained and limited than we like to think? If we have less free will than we realize, what are the implications for us as indi
Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2012 for Political Theory within the Social and Behavioral Sciences category.