The decline of the individual : reconciling autonomy with community / Mark D White.
White, Mark D., 1971- author.
2017
HM1276
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Title The decline of the individual : reconciling autonomy with community / Mark D White.
Author White, Mark D., 1971- author.
ISBN 9783319617503 (electronic book)
3319617508 (electronic book)
3319617494
9783319617497
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number HM1276
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.54
Summary This book explores the steady decline in the status of the individual in recent years and addresses common misunderstandings about the concept of individuality. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, technology, economics, philosophy, politics, and law, White explains how and why the individual has been devalued in the eyes of scholars, government leaders, and the public. He notes that developments in science have led to doubts about our cognitive competence, while assumptions made in the humanities have led to questions about our moral competence. In this book, White goes on to argue that both of these views are mistaken and that they stem from overly simplistic ideas about how individuals make choices, however imperfectly, in their interests, which are multifaceted and complex. In response, he proposes a new way to look at individuals that preserves their essential autonomy while emphasizing their responsibility to others, inspired by the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant and the legal and political philosophy reflected in the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution. This book explains how individuality combines both rights and responsibilities, reconciles the popular yet false dichotomy between individual and society, and provides the basis for a humane and respectful civil society and government. This book is part of White's trilogy on the individual and society, which includes The Manipulation of Choice and The Illusion of Well-Being.
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Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The Individual in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Economics; The Choices We Make, for Better or for Worse; Enter the Psychologists and Neuroscientists; The Economists and Lawyers Join in; Problems in the Land of Nudge; Choice Is About Interests, Messy as They Are; What Happens When We Neglect Interests; What This Says About Us; Conclusion; 3 Big Data, Algorithms, and Quantification; Numbers, Numbers Everywhere...; ...But We Should Stop to Think; Do the Computers Know Better?; Control the Newsfeed, Control the World; Algorithm, Al Got Music...

Just the Data, Ma'amWhat This Means for Us; Conclusion; 4 Individual in Essence, Social in Orientation; Individuals Are Social-But Are We Social Enough?; David Brooks and the False Dichotomy; Individual in Essence...; ...Social in Orientation; Conclusion; 5 Balancing the Individual and Society in Law and Politics; A Little Philosophy to Start Us Off; If It Pleases the Court, I'll Provide Some Examples; Eminent Domain and Kelo; The Affordable Care Act and the Individual Mandate; All Is Not Lost...; Rights Are Important But Not Absolute; Beware the Tyranny of the Majority

Finding a Balance Among Conflicting PrinciplesThe Individual and the Politics of Left Versus Right; And Where Does Business Fit in?; Democracy and Balance; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion; Index

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