Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
4-2011
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Regret, justification, consequentialism
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume
34
Issue
2
First Page
75
Last Page
75
ISSN
0140-525X
Identifier
10.1017/S0140525X10002852
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
Connolly, Terry, and Jochen Reb. 2011. "Regret and Justification as a Link from Argumentation to Consequentialism." Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34 (2), 75. doi:10.1017/S0140525X10002852
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10002852