Rational Decision

To a historian the most interesting thing about decisions is the fact that everyone talks about them. No one interested in social ideas can fail to notice how large a part the word "e;decision"e; has come to play in the vocabulary of moral and political discourse. It meets one on every page. Inevitably one asks, "e;Why?"e; Why is there so much talk of decisions and of those who are said to make them? Are there any ideological reasons for it?