College 6

Question 1

Instrumental rationality

Answer 1

Naturalist approach to explaining human action. People act in accordance with their goals and beliefs about how to reach these goals.

Question 2

Normativity of reasons

Answer 2

Saying that somehting is a reason for an action shows why the action is appropriate or justified, not that it causes the action.

Question 3

Donald Davidson on reasons

Answer 3

Many reasons can justify the same aciton, but the primary action actully moved someone to action.

Question 4

Rational choice theory

Answer 4

People make decisions by logically weighing their options to maximize their benefits an minimize their costs.

Question 5

Assumptions of RCT

Answer 5

• Complete and consistent ordering of preferences
• Full information about actions and outcomes
• Uncertain outcomes: full information about probabilities and expected outcomes