Editing Choice (section)

==Types==
One can distinguish four or five main types of decisions, although they can be expressed in different ways. [[Brian Tracy]] breaks them down into:<ref>''Time Power'', Brian Tracy, 2007, pg. 153 {{ISBN|0-8144-7470-5}}</ref>
# command decisions, which can only be made by you, as the "Commander in Chief", or owner of a company
# delegated decisions, which may be made by anyone. Decisions for example can be: The color of the bike shed can be delegated, as the decision must be made but the choice is inconsequential.
# avoided decisions, where the outcome could be so severe that the choice should not be made, as the consequences can not be recovered if the wrong choice is made. This will most likely result in negative actions, such as death.
# "No-brainer" decisions, where the choice is so obvious that only one choice can reasonably be made.
A fifth type, however, (or fourth if "avoided" and "no-brainer" decisions are combined as one type), is the [[collaborative]] decision, made in consultation with, and by agreement of others. Collaborative Decision Making revolutionized air-traffic safety by not deferring to the [[Pilot in command|captain]] when a lesser crew-member becomes aware of a problem.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://cdm.fly.faa.gov/|title= CDM CDM - Collaborative Decision Making|website= cdm.fly.faa.gov|access-date= 3 April 2018}}</ref>

Another way of looking at decisions focuses on the thought mechanism used - whether the decision is:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.decision-making-confidence.com/types-of-decision-making.html|title=Types of decision making - an overview|work=decision-making-confidence.com}}</ref>
* Rational
* Intuitive
* Recognition-based
* Combination

Recognizing that "type" is an imprecise term, an alternate way to classify types of choices is to look at outcomes and the impacted entity. For example, using this approach three types of choices might be:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.decision-making-solutions.com/types_of_decision_making.html|title= Types of Decision Making|work= decision-making-solutions.com}}</ref>
* business 
* personal
* consumer
Or politicians may choose to support or oppose options based on local, national, or international effects.

As a [[moral principle]], decisions should be made by those most affected by the decision, but this is not normally applied to persons in jail, who might likely make a decision other than to remain in jail.<ref>''Ethical leadership in schools'', Kenneth A. Strike, 2006, pg. 5 {{ISBN|1-4129-1351-9}}</ref> [[Robert Gates]] cited this principle in allowing photographs of returning war-dead.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/02/pentagon_report.html |title= Pentagon ends photo ban on war dead return |website= boston.com |access-date= 3 April 2018}}</ref>

One can distinguish between '''conscious''' and '''unconscious''' choice.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1 = Linehan
 | first1 = Marsha M.
 | author-link1 = Marsha M. Linehan
 | title = Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Gcsj0giuDrwC
 | series = Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders
 | date = 14 May 1993
 | location = New York
 | publisher = Guilford Press
 | publication-date = 1993
 | isbn = 9781606237786
 | access-date = 4 October 2019
 | quote = [...] the intent and choice are simply conscious or unconscious. [...] 
}}
</ref>
Processes such as [[brainwashing]] or other  influencing strategies may have the effect of having unconscious choice masquerade as (praiseworthy) conscious choice.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1 = Cole-Whittaker
 | first1 = Terry
 | author-link1 = Terry Cole-Whittaker
 | title = Love and Power in a World Without Limits: A Woman's Guide to the Goddess Within
 | year = 1989
 | url = https://archive.org/details/lovepowerinworld00cole_0
 | url-access = registration
 | publisher = Harper & Row
 | publication-date = 1989
 | page = [https://archive.org/details/lovepowerinworld00cole_0/page/37 37]
 | isbn = 9780062501530
 | access-date = 4 October 2019
 | quote = Changing a reality can be a conscious choice, selected at will by the person, or it can be an unconscious choice based on an intended desire. It can also be an unconscious act of programming by something as simple as a friend telling you about something or a television commercial brainwashing you to buy a particular product.
}}
</ref>

Choices may lead to '''irreversible''' or to '''reversible''' outcomes; making irreversible choices ('''existential choices''') may reduce [[choice overload]].<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Bernstein
 |first1               = Richard J.
 |author-link1         = Richard J. Bernstein
 |editor-last1         = Terezakis
 |editor-first1        = Katie
 |chapter              = Existential Choice: Heller's Either/Or
 |title                = Engaging Agnes Heller: A Critical Companion
 |date = 16 March 2009
 |url                  =  https://books.google.com/books?id=Xcu4AQAAQBAJ
 |location             = Lanham, Maryland
 |publisher            = Lexington Books
 |publication-date     = 2009
 |page                 = 89
 |isbn                 = 9781461633341
 |access-date          = 3 November 2021
 |quote                = Existential choice is by definition irreversible and irrevocable. You cannot choose your destiny in a reversible way, for a reversible choice is not a choice of destiny, by definition not an existential choice.
}} 
</ref>