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First off, I'm not saying for the greater good. I'm only saying for their own best good.
I don't agree that it goes without saying that people always choose their own best good.
 Originally Posted by ImSavy
What does good or bad have to do with anything? It's also not a case of what people report their reasoning to be it's the truth that matters.
I agree that the truth of the matter is important.
How can you or I know the truth about what's going on in someone else's thoughts?
Originally Posted by ImSavy
People are making decisions so something is driving those decisions.
... but what?
Originally Posted by ImSavy
People clearly want to make the best decisions
It is not clear to me.
Can you prove this point?
E.g. can you tell me what you count as evidence which leads you to this clarity?
Originally Posted by ImSavy
just because those decisions aren't rational to you doesn't mean they aren't in some given context.
I fully accept this.
I still do not agree that every decision made by every person ever was made rationally, by any definition which includes or implies consciousness. I'm not even certain that my own "rational" choices are made in my conscious mind.
How can I know if I'm being rational?
An economist says that I can't help it.
OK.
What do we gain by this watered down notion of rationality?
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