The myth of choice : personal responsibility in a world of limits /
Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political theory is based on the consent of the governed. Our legal system is built upon the argument that people freely make choices and bear responsibility for them. And what slogan could better express the heart of our consumer culture than "H...
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New Haven ; London :
Yale University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- The centrality of choice
- Choices, choices, choices
- In love with choice
- Limits and influences
- Our choices, our brains
- Choice and culture
- Choice and power
- Choice and the free market
- What to do
- The problem with personal responsibility
- Umpires, judges, and bad choices
- Building choice in a world of limits.
