Thinking about Addiction

Hyperbolic Discounting and Responsible Agency
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-420-2662-9
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 209, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Social Philosophy

What is addiction? Why do some people become addicted while others do not? Is the addict rational? In this book, Craig Hanson attempts to answer these questions and more. Using insights from the beginnings of philosophy to contemporary behavioral economics, Hanson attempts to assess the variety of ways in which we can and cannot, understand addiction. Special consideration is given to a challenging (and controversial) proposal dubbed “hyperbolic discounting.” Hanson proposes some modifications to the hyperbolic discounting view that permit it to explain not only addiction, but also a variety of psychological maladies, such as self-deception.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Andrew Fitz-Gibbon: Editorial Foreword
Lawrence Ashley: Guest Foreword: Philosophy and Addiction
Acknowledgments
Philosophical Perspectives on Theories of Addiction
Addiction from the Behavioral Economist’s Point of View
Ainsliean Selves
Self-Deception
Toward the Rationality of Bundling
Responsibility
George Ainslie: Responsibility in a Reductionist Model
Works Cited
About the Authors
Index