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Freedom, Eudaemonia, and Risk: An Inquiry into the Ethics of Risk-Taking

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Kathleen Touchstone applies the philosophies of Objectivism, rule-utilitarianism, and neo-Aristotelianism to strategies of risk management. She proposes a risk index model which accounts for probability, virtue, and consequences, utilizing philosophical insight into the gauging of success.

Author(s): Kathleen Touchstone
Series: Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Publisher: Lexington Books
Year: 2020

Language: English
Pages: 248

Dedication
Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Freedom to Flourish
2 Flourishing
3 Life as the Ultimate Value
4 Virtues
5 On Giving: Decisions under “Certainty”
6 On Decision-making under Uncertainty
7 On the Concept of Probability
8 Risk-taking
9 Final Thoughts
Appendix: Some Clarifications on Present Value, the “Death Rate,” and the “Return to not Dying”
Bibliography
Index
About the Author