THE MYTH OF CHOICE: PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A WORLD OF LIMITS
Book ID/图书代码： 12580011B45714
English Summary/英文概要： Americans are fixated on the idea of choice. Our political theory is based on the consent of the governed. Our legal system is built upon the argument that people freely make choices and bear responsibility for them. And what slogan could better express the heart of our consumer culture than "Have it your way"?In this provocative book, Kent Greenfield poses unsettling questions about the choices we make. What if they are more constrained and limited than we like to think? If we have less free will than we realize, what are the implications for us as individuals and for our society? To uncover the answers, Greenfield taps into scholarship on topics ranging from brain science to economics, political theory to sociology. His discoveries—told through an entertaining array of news events, personal anecdotes, crime stories, and legal decisions—confirm that many factors, conscious and unconscious, limit our free will. Worse, by failing to perceive them we leave ourselves open to manipulation. But Greenfield offers useful suggestions to help us become better decision makers as individuals, and to ensure that in our laws and public policy we acknowledge the complexity of choice.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 美国人非常重视选择的问题。我们的政治理论是基于被统治者的同意的。我们的法律体系是建立在人们自由选择和承担责任的观点之上的。什么口号能比“用你自己的方式”更好地表达我们消费文化的核心？
在这部有争议的作品中，作者针对我们所做的选择提出了令人不安的问题。我们是否比自己想象中更加受限？如果我们的自由意志比我们所意识到的要少，这对我们个人和社会有什么影响呢？为了找到问题的答案，作者探索了脑科学、经济学、政治理论、社会学等学科的研究。通过一系列有趣的新闻事件、个人轶事、犯罪故事和法律判决，他的发现证实存在许多有意识和无意识的因素限制了我们的自由意志。更糟的是，如果我们没有察觉到它们，我们就会轻易被操控。对此，Greenfield提供了一些有用的建议，帮助个人成为更好的决策者，并确保在我们的法律和公共政策中承认选择的复杂性。（LYR）
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kent Greenfield，波士顿学院法学教授、法学基金研究学者。著有《公司法的失败》及无数专业法学文章。他在《赫芬顿邮报》及其他网址开设专栏，并经常发表公开演说。他在美国最高法院为David H. Souter法官工作。他住在马萨诸塞州的剑桥。Kent Greenfield is professor of law and law fund research scholar, Boston College. He is author of The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities and numerous scholarly law articles. He blogs on Huffington Post and other sites and is a frequent public speaker. He clerked for Justice David H. Souter on the United States Supreme Court. The author lives in Cambridge, MA.
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