Choosing Well

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Disorderly Preferences 1.1 Cyclic Preferences, the Money-Pump Argument, and the Puzzle of the Self-Torturer 1.2 Incomplete Preferences, Incommensurable Alternatives, and the Small-Improvement Argument

Chapter 2: Self-Defeating Self-Governance 2.1 Self-Governance 2.2 Self-Defeating Behavior 2.3 The Satisfied Slice 2.4 Strictly Self-Defeating Behavior 2.5 A Complication 2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3: Instrumental Rationality Revamped 3.1 A Puzzle about the Puzzle of the Self-Torturer 3.2 The Real Puzzle of the Self-Torturer 3.3 Rational Dilemmas 3.4 The Moral Regarding Instrumental Rationality 3.5 Making Sense of the Money-Pump Argument

Chapter 4: Parity 4.1 Parity Illuminated 4.2 Objections and Replies 4.3 Insignificant and Momentous Choices 4.4 Generalizing 4.5 Parity without Rough Equality 4.6 Conclusion

Chapter 5: Incomparability 5.1 Incomparability and the Huge-Improvement Arguments 5.2 A Complication 5.3 Conclusion

Chapter 6: Betterness 6.1 "Is Better Than" Versus "Is Rationally Preferred To" 6.2 League-Based Satisficing 6.3 In Defense of Divergence 6.4 Morally Better Than 6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7: Resolutions and Regret upon Going Astray 7.1 Planning Agency and the No-Regret Condition 7.2 What's to Regret? 7.3 No Regrets 7.4 Conclusion

Chapter 8: Regret in Continued Endorsement Cases 8.1 Regret, Monism, and Pluralism about the Good 8.2 From Buttered Bagels to "EverBetter" Wine and Ever-So-Tempting Potato Chips

Conclusion