Table of Contents

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

About the Author

Chrisoula Andreou is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Utah and an Executive Editor of the Canadian Journal of Philosophy. Her current research projects lie in the areas of Practical Reasoning, Action Theory, Ethical Theory, and Applied Ethics.