Being Rational and Being Oneself

这项研究涉及一些非常直观的想法：虽然有些选择很容易，但有些很难，即使一个人足够理性。在做出选择时，一个人会与其他人权衡一些价值观。一些价值观可以很容易地与其他价值观进行权衡，而另一些价值观则不能。一个人认为太重要而不能被取舍的价值观告诉我们他是什么样的人。它旨在颠覆现有的理性选择和实践理性理论，并建立一个新的框架来理解理性选择的本质、人们看待价值观的方式以及“做自己”的意义。

This research concerns some very intuitive ideas: While some choices are easy, some are hard, even if one is rational enough. When making choices, one trades off some values with others. Some values can be easily traded off with others, while some cannot. Which values one takes as too vital to be traded off tells us what kind of person one is. It aims to override the existing theories of rational choice and practical reason, and to develop a novel framework to understand the nature of rational choice, the way people view values, and the meaning of "being oneself".