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A Contextualist Decision Theory

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Decision theorists propose a normative theory of rational choice. Traditionally, they assume that they should provide some constant and invariant principles as criteria for rational decisions, and indirectly, for agents. They seek a decision theory that invaribably works for all agents all the time. They believe that a rational agent should follow a certain principle, perhaps the principle of maximizing expected utility everywhere, all the time. As a result of the given context, these principles are considered, in this sense, context-independent. Furthermore, decision theorists usually assume that the relevant agents at work are ideal agents, and they believe that non-ideal agents should follow them so that their decisions qualify as rational. These principles are universal rules. I will refer to this context-independent and universal approach in traditional decision theory as Invariantism. This approach is, implicitly or explicitly, adopted by theories which are proposed on the basis of these two assumptions.

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  • Saleh Afroogh, 2021. "A Contextualist Decision Theory," Papers 2101.08914, arXiv.org.
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    1. Saleh Afroogh & Amir Esmalian & Jonan Phillip Donaldson & Ali Mostafavi, 2021. "Empathic Design in Engineering Education and Practice: An Approach for Achieving Inclusive and Effective Community Resilience," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(7), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Saleh Afroogh & Seyyed Abbas Kazemi & Faegheh Hajhosseini & Amin Alizadeh, 2023. "Moral Sensitive Human Resource Development: A Conceptual Model and Its Implementation," International Journal of Business and Management, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 16(6), pages 1-1, February.
    3. Shahin Esmaeili, 2021. "Prisoner Dilemma in maximization constrained: the rationality of cooperation," Papers 2102.03644, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2021.

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