Ralph Wedgwood gives a general account of the concept of rationality. The Value of
Rationality is designed as the first instalment of a trilogy-to be followed by accounts of the …

Very often, we are unsure about what we ought to do. Under what conditions should we help
to improve the lives of distant strangers rather than those of our family members? At what …

2. Background Normative decision theory primarily concerns how an agent ought to choose
when faced with some decision problem. We can think of a decision problem as consisting …

What is the relation between (a)'full'or 'outright'belief and (b) the various levels of confidence
that agents can have in the propositions that concern them? This paper argues for a new …

Causal decision theory adopts principles of rational choice that attend to an act's
consequences. It maintains that an account of rational choice must use causality to identify …

This book gives a general theory of rational belief. Although it can be read by itself, is a
sequel to the author's previous book The Value of Rationality (Oxford, 2017). It takes the …

This paper motivates the study of decision theory as necessary for aligning smarter-than-
human artificial systems with human interests. We discuss the shortcomings of two standard …

In this paper, I diagnose the problems facing causal decision theory as a special case of the
general phenomenon of decision‐dependence–the possibility that some input into our …

It is a platitude among decision theorists that agents should choose their actions so as to
maximize expected value. But exactly how to define expected value is contentious …

According to orthodox causal decision theory, performing an action can give you information
about factors outside of your control, but you should not take this information into account …