Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism

Mercier and Sperber (M&S) argue that reasoning has evolved primarily as an adjunct to persuasive communication rather than as a basis for consequential choice. Recent research on decision-related regret suggests that regret aversion and concomitant needs for justification may underpin a compleme...

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Main Authors:	Connolly, Terry, REB, Jochen Matthias
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Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
Subjects:	Regret justification consequentialism Organizational Behavior and Theory
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-40742018-07-10T04:12:36Z Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism Connolly, Terry REB, Jochen Matthias Mercier and Sperber (M&S) argue that reasoning has evolved primarily as an adjunct to persuasive communication rather than as a basis for consequential choice. Recent research on decision-related regret suggests that regret aversion and concomitant needs for justification may underpin a complementary mechanism that can, if appropriately deployed, convert M&S's facile arguer into an effective decision maker, with obvious evolutionary advantages. 2011-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3075 info:doi/10.1017/S0140525X10002852 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4074/viewcontent/MS_commentary_Sept_3_2010.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Regret justification consequentialism Organizational Behavior and Theory
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description	Mercier and Sperber (M&S) argue that reasoning has evolved primarily as an adjunct to persuasive communication rather than as a basis for consequential choice. Recent research on decision-related regret suggests that regret aversion and concomitant needs for justification may underpin a complementary mechanism that can, if appropriately deployed, convert M&S's facile arguer into an effective decision maker, with obvious evolutionary advantages.
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author	Connolly, Terry REB, Jochen Matthias
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title	Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism
title_short	Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism
title_full	Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism
title_fullStr	Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism
title_full_unstemmed	Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism
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publisher	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate	2011
url	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3075 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4074/viewcontent/MS_commentary_Sept_3_2010.pdf
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