The concept of leisure in maximization theory

Rachlin, Howard; Battalio, Ray; Kage, John; Green, Leonard

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“…Now dialectics is not purely rational calculus. Philosopher-rulers are not merely adding together the many goods to determine the greatest good without ethical scrutiny; this is not rational choice theory (Rachlin 1985). Surely, dialectics investigates the advantage of a subject; but, an advantage, a good, or the greatest good is ethically qualified, and a calculation is insufficient to establish these grounds.…”

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The Practicality of the Theory of the Good:An Interpretative Reconstruction

Brooks

2024

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Plato’s political philosophy is for the sake of directing people towards the good life: this purpose is manifest from his theory of the Good. Nevertheless, Platonic scholarship has often criticized this theory for being impractical. Against this criticism, I argue that this theory has a practical aspect because of its strategic and methodological nature. This essay reconstructs Plato’s induction towards the absolute Good, through his justice theory and educational recommendations, with a view to the intended practicality of the theory of the Good. The major conclusion is that the theory of the Good provides a formula to achieve the greatest good in an everchanging, sensible world.

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The Practicality of the Theory of the Good:An Interpretative Reconstruction

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2024

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2024

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“…Compared to the conversion of all responding to relative rates, and dealing with residuals as classes in their own right called not-responding or leisure, advantages may accrue to the assumption that behavior can vary in quantity, so that its total may vary from one moment to another (cf. Catania, 1983;Rachlin et al, 1983).…”

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Prolegomena to any future philosophy of behavior analysis as a science

Catania

2023

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This tribute to Howard Rachlin speculates about scholarly work that might have been. It explores how behavioral data might bear on philosophical issues, with examples that might be called case studies in experimental philosophy. In 1964, an issue of the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society served a similar function. It was entitled “Psychology: A Behavioral Interpretation”; the papers included “Will,” “Experience,” “Appetite,” “Humors,” “Anxiety,” and “Man.” This presentation imagines what a contemporary project devoted to philosophical and behavior analytic perspectives on the topics of causation, freedom and volition, good and evil, time, words, and mind might have looked like. Along the way it notes how the project would have benefitted from Howard Rachlin's seminal contributions to both behavior analysis and philosophy. If ever such a project comes to pass, it will inevitably bear the stamp of his contributions.

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The concept of leisure in maximization theory

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The Practicality of the Theory of the Good:An Interpretative Reconstruction

The Practicality of the Theory of the Good:An Interpretative Reconstruction

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