Judgment Misguided
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In this volume, Jonathan Baron explores our well-meant and deeply felt personal intuitions about what is right and wrong, and assesses their impact on decision making in the public domain. We do not need to banish these intuitions, according to Baron, instead we should relegate them to a secondary role and base our decisions that affect the common good on a understanding of consequences, results, and effects. Written in a accessible style, the book is filled with compelling case studies, such as abortion, nuclear power, and immigration.Reviews
"Jon Baron insightfully connects ground breaking work on how we make decisions with contemporary public policy issues. The integration is brilliant. This book should be required reading for students of public policy. The world would be a better place if all government officials read this book. The ideas in this book can save thousands of lives, billions of dollars, and bring sanity to the legislative process."--Max H. Bazerman, J. Jay Gerber Distinguished Professor, Dispute Resolution and Organizations, Northwestern University
"This is a bold and important book. . . . a must read for policymakers. Psychologists who fret that their field has had too few public policy implications have only to read this book. Nobody does this meshing of empirical psychology, philosophy, and social policy better than Jonathan Baron."--Keith E. Stanovich, Professor of Human Development and Applied Psychology, University of Toronto
