Rational choices as social norms

Dimitri Landa

doi:10.1177/0951629806067453

Rational choices as social norms

Dimitri Landa

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This article develops an account of a theory of rational choice based on the conception of rationality as a normatively justified correspondence between interests and choices. In this conception, rationality is best thought of as a property not of individual actions, but of a complex two-level phenomenon comprised of the social justification of behavioral norms and of the everyday choices made under these norms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	434-453
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Theoretical Politics
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0951629806067453
State	Published - Oct 2006

Keywords

Nash equilibrium
Norms
Rational choice

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Sociology and Political Science

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