Against Better Judgment K. M. Hussain

Against Better Judgment K. M. HussainAnthropologists have long explained social behaviour as if people always do what they think is best. But what if most of these explanations only work because they are premised upon ignoring what philosophers call 'akrasia' that is, the possibility that people might act against their better judgment? The contributors to this volume turn an ethnographic lens upon situations in which people seem to act out of line with what they judge, desire and intend.

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End-of-chapter discussion questions

theory is understood as implicitly

ethical dilemmas

Despite his ceaseless efforts to purge his fellow citizens of their unfounded opinions and to bring them to care for what he believes to be the most important things

and pragmatic contexts

seasoned investigator Detective Hanash is called in

Franklin continues south toward Philadelphia

management practices

Building on and expanding traditional nursing research methods

Contributions from archaeologists

Mensch offers an alternative based in phenomenology