ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESCRIPTION

Baron's target article approaches errors in decision-making by definin g three kinds of models: normative, descriptive, and prescriptive. Bar on's prescriptive model is at the center of this commentary. From a th eoretical perspective, is Baron's prescriptive model a set of rules th rough which one can move from the descriptive to the normative? Or is it a practical goal one can achieve as opposed to a normative unachiev able theoretical ideal? Delineating an efficient prescriptive account for decision making necessarily depends on a very specific normative m odel. However, Baron's normative consequentialism model is too general to enable adequate prescriptive accounts.