↩ Homepage of the site 'What to do with your life?' How to make decisions consistent with the general interest?The answer to this question is a consequence of that previously given to the question 'Why do humans reason massively wrong?'. To obtain decisions consistent with the general interest, it is necessary: 1. require the production of written reasoning reporting the analysis that led to the decision 2. the decision must only hold within the limits of the reasoning that supports it Why is voting an absurdity?Voting, for example in parliament, amounts to changing the source of legitimacy of the decision. The source is no longer the quality of the reasoning which led to the decision, but the legitimacy of the social group which voted for the decision. Limitations of the analysisIt is not because a correct analysis has been carried out that a decision is naturally imposed. Often, several decisions may be equally valid with regard to the analysis. Go deeperLes chapitres 4 'The decision-making process, or the reign of the irrational' and 7 'Going beyond the philosophical vision of the Enlightenment' from the book From capital to reason present a more developed version. Refer to question 'What conditions must be met to produce serious reasoning? Problem solving.', puis 'Condition nécessaire pour une organisation sociale satisfaisante' qui traite d'un sujet connexe. Refer to chapter 21'Justice' from the book From capital to reason, which sets out a constitution in a single article.
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