Effective Citizenship: How We Can Make the World Better and Why We Don't (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780197847381)

Vendor: Jonathan Baron
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Format: Hardcover
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Effective Citizenship: How We Can Make the World Better and Why We Don't

$105.00

Effective Citizenship: How We Can Make the World Better and Why We Don't

$105.00
Format: Hardcover
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In Effective Citizenship, Jonathan Baron explores how bad government is supported by citizen's preferences, and how individuals can use their limited political influence to maximize positive outcomes. He proposes three social norms that could lead to more effective citizenship: concern for the whole world (cosmopolitanism), reluctance to impose idiosyncratic moral views on others (anti-moralism), and actively open-minded thinking (AOT). Further, Baron argues that political participation--such as voting--can be more beneficial than charity or ethical consumption. He draws on psychological research on how people think about voting, as well as moral and political philosophy, defending a realistic version of utilitarian theory, and trying to explain departures from it in people's reasoning. Concluding with discussions of a utilitarian approach to general policy questions such as redistribution and cooperation, this book seeks to reframe citizenship as a central avenue for effective altruism and social change.

Author: Jonathan Baron
ISBN-10: 0197847382
ISBN-13: 9780197847381
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2026
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.75d
By Jonathan Baron
By Jonathan Baron
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Jonathan Baron is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a BA in psychology from Harvard and a PhD in experimental psychology from Michigan. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Psychological Science, the Psychonomic Society, and the Society of Experimental Psychologists. He was president of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making in 2007. He is the founding editor of the journal Judgment and Decision Making and the author of a widely read textbook, Thinking and Deciding (5th edition, 2023), for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

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