{"product_id":"deconstructing-behavior-choice-and-wellbeing-9783031367144","title":"Deconstructing Behavior Choice and Wellbeing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction.- Part I: An ordering of paths, well-being, and economics: how to make you, a chimp, or even a cactus, better off?.- Chapter 1: Economicus: assumptions of a neoclassical theory of behavior, and their implications my take.- Chapter 2: Welfare (well-faring) economics as a theory of what is right and wrongmy take.- chapter 3: Could economicus be the product of evolution rather than the creation of God?.- Chapter 4: Wanting versus liking, and happiness: an electrical\/chemical stew.- Chapter 5: Does consuming more increase WB? Is getting rich the path to happiness?.- Chapter 6: Common quirks, incorrect beliefs, and flawed choosing.- Chapter 7: The endowment effect.- Chapter 8: Returning to whether all the different kinds of WB are commensurable and whether all the different bearers-of-WB are comparable.- Part II: What is a choice? Choice or the illusion of choice?.- Chapter 9: How would you define a \u003ci\u003echoice\u003c\/i\u003e? And the difference between a choice and the experience\/sense of making a choice.- Chapter 10: The evidence on conscious choice.- Part III: Most moral philosophers are not welfare consequentialists, so what are they?.- Chapter 11: A primer on welfare economics vs. other ethics.- Chapter 12: A bit more on welfare economics, external effects, and interpersonal comparisons of WB.- Epilogue: Do you make choices, and if so, has your choosing made you happy?.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043575824727,"sku":"9783031367144","price":104.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783031367144.jpg?v=1750958734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deconstructing-behavior-choice-and-wellbeing-9783031367144","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}