This collection focuses on questions that arise when morality is considered from the perspective of recent work on rational choice and evolution. Linking questions like "Is it rational to be moral?" to the evolution of cooperation in "The Prisoners Dilemma," the book brings together new work using models from game theory, evolutionary biology, and cognitive science, as well as from philosophical analysis. Among the contributors are leading figures in these fields, including David Gauthier, Paul M. Churchland, Brian Skyrms, Ronald de Sousa, and Elliot Sober.
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Peter Danielson is at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
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opportunistic expectations, correlated evolutionary game theory, interpersonal strand, programmed state machines, bandwagon expectations, conditional pairing proportions, most probable score, direct maximizer, possible choice combinations, egoist utility, intrapersonal choice, event matrices, social choice games, state machine agents, slavish values, hypothetical rationality, economic contractarians, countervailing conditions, disinformation games, maximization family, moral reductionism, safety strings, straightforward maximizer, default rankings, fitter trait Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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New York, Cambridge University Press, Maynard Smith, Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Princeton University Press, Basic Books, Bradford Books, University of British Columbia Press, Clarendon Press, Peter Danielson, David Gauthier, Rule Subject Matter, Uniqueness Principle, Ann Arbor, Basil Blackwell, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Philosophical Review, References Axelrod, University of California, Annals of Mathematics, Dictionary of Economics, John Wiley New!
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- The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod on 10 pages
- Morals By Agreement by David Gauthier on 8 pages
- Contractarianism and Rational Choice: Essays on David Gauthier's Morals by Agreement by Peter Vallentyne on 5 pages
- The Logic of Decision by Richard C. Jeffrey on 4 pages
- Mutual Aid (A Factor of Evolution) by P. Kropotkin on 4 pages
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- Cooperation - A Philosophical Study (Philosophical Studies Series) by Raimo Tuomela in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Norms and the Law by John N. Drobak on page 116, and Back Matter
- Libertarian Accounts of Free Will by Randolph Clarke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Realistic Decision Theory: Rules for Nonideal Agents in Nonideal Circumstances by Paul Weirich in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Practical Rationality and Preference: Essays for David Gauthier by Christopher W. Morris on page 77, and page 187
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