Sensible Decisions: Issues of Rational Decision in Personal Choice and Public Policy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2003)
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In personal and public affairs alike we constantly confront the need for deciding among available alternatives. Sensible Decisions synthesizes Nicholas Rescher's contribution to this discussion over the years. Rescher's prime aim is to illuminate some of the theoretical complications and perplexities that characterize rational procedure in matters of decision making at the public policy level.

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