Commitment and Goals

In this Comment, I examine Christoph Hanisch’s recent contribution to this journal. In commenting on Hanisch’s essay, I offer an interpretation of Amartya Sen’s notion of ‘commitment’ which makes committed choices both uncontroversial and quotidian. This interpretation contrasts with those which see some of Sen’s pronouncements on commitment to be obviously false, counterintuitive or psychologically impossible.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Peacock, Mark
Published in:	Rationality, Markets and Morals. - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, ISSN 1869-778X. - Vol. 4.2013, 12, 80
Publisher:	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Subject:	Commitment \| self-goal choice \| Amartya Sen \| rational choice

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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