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Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

byBarry SchwartzandRichard Schuldenfrei

Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei bring rational analysis into conversation with ethics, arguing that sound decisions require more than maximizing personal advantage. Through philosophical questions and everyday dilemmas, they examine how values, obligations, character, uncertainty, and consequences should shape choice. The book challenges both impulsive decision-making and overly mechanical models that reduce every problem to calculation. It presents practical ways to deliberate about competing goods, recognize the limits of prediction, and accept responsibility for what choices express. Choosing wisely, the authors argue, is an art of judgment cultivated through reflection and practice.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2025

Format

Print edition

Pages

296

ISBN

9780300283990