Overview
- Discusses how we judge others moral character
- Argues that the science of reasoning can be useful in developing democratic politics
- Examines how human reasoning developed to navigate our complex social interactions
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This book argues that the science of reasoning will prove most useful if focused on studying what human reasoning does best - understanding people. Bonnefon argues that humanity's unique reasoning abilities developed in order to handle the complexities of cooperative social life. Accordingly, human beings became exquisite students of the minds of other people to predict the kind of decisions they make, and assess their character. In particular, this volume explores the inferences humans make about the moral character of others, how they delude themselves about their own moral character, and the ways in which they can see through the delusions of others. In conclusion, the book considers how to leverage the power of human reasoning in order to sustain democratic life.
This work will interest scholars and students working in fields including theory of mind, decision-making, moral cognition, critical thinking, experimental philosophy, and behaviouraleconomics, as well as policy makers interested in how reasoning impacts our political understanding.
This work will interest scholars and students working in fields including theory of mind, decision-making, moral cognition, critical thinking, experimental philosophy, and behaviouraleconomics, as well as policy makers interested in how reasoning impacts our political understanding.
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Keywords
- reasoning
- thinking
- Behaviorally informed policies
- What is special about human reasoning?
- naive utility calculus model
- rational speech act model
- psychology of intuition
- study of Moral character
- Cooperation-motivated beliefs
- Self-deluded reasoning
- psychology of democracy
- how we look at other voters decisions
- The Turing test
- how and why we judge others
- moral judgement
- morality in politics
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jean-François Bonnefon is a research psychologist affiliated with the Toulouse School of Economics, France. He is the author of more than 100 academic publications on rational thinking and behavior in the domains of psychology, computer science, philosophy, and economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reasoning Unbound
Book Subtitle: Thinking about Morality, Delusion and Democracy
Authors: Jean-François Bonnefon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60049-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-60048-6Published: 22 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95610-4Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-60049-3Published: 22 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 204
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Economic Psychology, Political Philosophy, Emotion, Moral Philosophy