The Moral Wager Evolution and Contract /

• Main Author: Murray, Malcolm (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: Philosophical Studies Series ; 108
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Evolutionary biology.; Game theory.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Philosophy, general.

This book illuminates and sharpens moral theory, by analyzing the evolutionary dynamics of interpersonal relations in a variety of games. We discover that successful players in evolutionary games operate as if following this piece of normative advice: Don't do unto others without their consent....

Table of Contents:

• Irrealism
• Against Moral Categoricity
• Self-Interest
• Rationality’s Failure
• Evolutionary Fit
• Consent Theory
• Concerned Parties
• Suffering and Indifference.