Reviews for Ulysses and the Sirens

The average rating for Ulysses and the Sirens based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-12-27 00:00:00 Michael Saam I was a little disappointed with this book. It asks why people deliberately restrict their choices, binding themselves (like Ulysses resisting the lure of the Sirens)to prevent them doing what is in their own (or somebody's) best interests. Why, the author wonders,do people not simply do what they choose to do? It seemed like an interesting question, and a potent idea, but I felt the book rather petered out. I may return to it, however.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-03-09 00:00:00 Loretta M. Owen Gives a very good summary of the main topics related to rationality and when this concept (so used by economists) blurs and does not apply: individual rationality can lead to collective irrationality. Or the emotions (love and hate) can lead to contradictions.