Rationality

This essay provides different perspectives on rationality within social science, especially in economics and psychology. Also, this essay uses different theories in economics and psychology to show what causes us to do what we do or why we make choices that we make. Bloome & Wilkinson (2012) define rationality as “people being open to others’ arguments and working toward consensus”. But what rationality really mean in simple definition? Rationality is being reasonable depending on our believes…

Many researchers have developed theories to seek out and explain why individuals continue to commit crime, where as, others completely desist from crime altogether. One of the most prominent and relevant theories to explain criminal behavior is known as the rational choice theory, which was first introduce by Cesare Beccaria in the late eighteenth century. Gabor et al., (1987) claimed that rational choice theory is, “…Found on the assumption that offenders are more or less rational in their…

Argument In Marcuse’s time, and perhaps much more so in current times, technological rationality has been the source of alienation. It maintains an extreme dependence on machines and efficiency. People want to go home to their televisions and computers, thus most of their leisure time is taken over by technology, even the majority of non leisure time is subsumed by portable technics (i.e.,handheld devices and cell phones). This has isolated humans into their private sphere to pursue their own…

The text “The Rationality of Rage” by Matthew Hutson disclosed how rage affects others during three different types of negotiation: cooperative, competitive, and beneficial. The author revealed how many people don’t believe in anger benefiting anyone, but what if there was a strategic plan? One page two, anger grows when people felt undervalued and believe a profit would be received anger negotiation. This page divulges how anger is built up when people feel underestimated; therefore, during the…

the unconditional intrinsic value of some acts of choice) is also fundamental to understand the pluralism on which individual and social social dynamics are grounded (Weber [1921] 1978). Pareto’s distinction as well as Weber’s different types of rationality are central in order to understand the partiality of neoliberalism’s anthropological interpretation of individual behaviour as well as its sociological explanation of social dynamics. In fact, the logic behind neoliberalism has discarded…

I agree that rationality and gentleness are the keys to raising a good child. In the case of Shila, she was not rational and she was too gentle. Shila thought it was rational to give half of her salary to charity and donate a large portion of her clothes. While it is proper to donate to charity, the amount of money and clothing that Shila was donating was irrational because she was limiting the amount of items and money she had for herself. While being gentle is a great quality to have when it…

to a small extent. Economics defines rationality as consistent choices made by people to maximise their self interest and utility. It also assumes that people are able to make choices whilst processing all the information without hindering other operations that our brain does. Whereas psychology focuses on “learnt behaviours” that are unique to the individual when trying to be rational by making so called rational choices. The psychology perception of rationality (or the lack of it)…

ideas and meaning are at least as important in society as economic factors” (Kennedy 2017 “Max Weber”). Labeling looks at the deviant behavior within the society and with Max Weber’s theory we can look at the “Authority, Conflict Theorist, and The Rationality” (Kennedy 2017 “Max Weber”), of how the effects of them can come in contact with the primary deviance and secondary…

The Absence of Rationality: Fear Distorts Reality in Lord of the Flies The unpleasant emotion that something or someone by your belief will injure or threaten you, makes humans to convert against each other. The presence of fear is vividly exposed in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The schoolboys experience countless versions of panic that contribute to the change in the boys thinking. It can be physical, emotional or the mere fantasy of the boy’s minds that make each character react…

basically right, that we ought to be seeking to make to best out of good. The Kantian thoughts of building quality in a self-government or the cooperative attitude that gives the best results of good. In Kant’s theory is focused on Morality and Rationality, what principles people hold on what is right and wrong. The good behavior versus the bad what type of character people betray when dealing with others. A person who is judgmental of others, and make a rash decision could lead to damaging…