This book empirically investigates the nature of time biases. Many
philosophers think that it is rationally permissible to prefer a life
that is overall worse to one that is overall better, as long as the
badness of that life lies in the past rather than the future. These
philosophers think that it is rationally permissible to be time
biased. Time biased individuals differently value the wellbeing of
their various selves in virtue of where those selves are located in
time. This book focuses on three key kinds of time bias: near,
present, and future bias. It presents a rich picture of the conditions
under which we display these biases, and it outlines several
psychological explanations for them. It then uses this new empirical
research we conducted to inform arguments regarding the normative
status of these biases. At its heart it considers the question: does
having time biased preferences of one sort or another make us better
off or worse off? And it uses the answers to these questions to inform
our theorising about whether we have reason either to have or to avoid
having such preferences.
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An Empirically Led Investigation
Product details
ISBN
9781040153147
Published
2024
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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