Plans, commitments and practical norms of reason
Keiran Sharpe
(School of Economics and Management, University College, University of New South Wales, ADFA, Canberra, Australia)
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Abstract
This paper uses the “planning” or “narrative” approach to agency – which has recently been developed by philosophers Bratman, Gauthier, McClennen and Velleman – to do two things. First, the paper criticises the standard, decision‐theoretic view of “rational” agent action and, second, it sketches a positive model of agency in which agents employ (quasi‐)Kantian maxims to guide their conduct.
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Citation
Sharpe, K. (2003), "Plans, commitments and practical norms of reason", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 30 No. 8, pp. 893-905. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068290310483760
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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