Rational Action (Paperback)

Contributors; Introduction; 1. Rational man and social science Martin Hollis; 2. Internal and external reasons Bernard Williams; 3. Ethical consistency Ross Harrison; 4. Wish-fulfilment Richard Wollheim; 5. Holistic explanation: an outline of a theory Christopher Peacocke; 6. Rational actors in macrosociological analysis James Coleman; 7. Rational choice and political principles Albert Weale; 8. Informational analysis of moral principles Amartya Sen; 9. Reflections on the state of nature J. E. J. Altham; 10. Is there a free-rider problem, and if so, what is it? Richard Tuck; 11. Contract, coercion, and consciousness John Maguire; Index.