The Moral Wager : Evolution and Contract /
By: Murray, Malcolm [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: Philosophical Studies Series: 108Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.Description: IX, 247 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402058554.Subject(s): Philosophy | Ethics | Evolutionary biology | Game theory | Philosophy | Ethics | Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences | Evolutionary Biology | Philosophy, generalDDC classification: 170 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK3369 |
Irrealism -- Against Moral Categoricity -- Self-Interest -- Rationality’s Failure -- Evolutionary Fit -- Consent Theory -- Concerned Parties -- Suffering and Indifference.
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. From this advice, some significant implications for moral theory follow. First, we cannot view morality as a categorical imperative. Secondly, we cannot hope to offer rational justification for adopting moral advice. This is where Glaucon and Adeimantus went astray: they wanted a proof of the benefits of morality in every single case. That is not possible. Moral constraint is a bad bet taken in and of itself. But there is some good news: moral constraint is a good bet when examined statistically.
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