โ Scribed by Peter A. Danielson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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.
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 14
2 Rationality and Rules......Page 24
3 Intention and Deliberation......Page 52
4 Following Through with One's Plans: Reply to David Gauthier......Page 66
5 How Braess' Paradox Solves Newcomb's Problem......Page 78
6 Economics of the Prisoner's Dilemma: A Background......Page 103
7 Modeling Rationality: Normative or Descriptive?......Page 130
8 Theorem 1......Page 148
9 The Failure of Success: Intrafamilial Exploitation in the Prisoner's Dilemma......Page 172
10 Transforming Social Dilemmas: Group Identity and Co-operation......Page 196
11 Beliefs and Co-operation......Page 221
12 The Neural Representation of the Social World......Page 247
13 Moral Dualism......Page 268
14 Categorically Rational Preferences and the Structure of Morality......Page 293
15 Why We Need a Moral Equilibrium Theory......Page 313
16 Morality's Last Chance......Page 351
17 Mutual Aid: Darwin Meets The Logic of Decision......Page 390
18 Three Differences between Deliberation and Evolution......Page 419
19 Evolutionary Models of Co-operative Mechanisms: Artificial Morality and Genetic Programming......Page 434
20 Norms as Emergent Properties of Adaptive Learning: The Case of Economic Routines......Page 453
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