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024 7 _a10.1007/978-1-4020-5855-4
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100 1 _aMurray, Malcolm.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Moral Wager
_h[electronic resource] :
_bEvolution and Contract /
_cby Malcolm Murray.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2007.
300 _aIX, 247 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 1 _aPhilosophical Studies Series ;
_v108
505 0 _aIrrealism -- Against Moral Categoricity -- Self-Interest -- Rationality’s Failure -- Evolutionary Fit -- Consent Theory -- Concerned Parties -- Suffering and Indifference.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aPhilosophy.
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aEvolutionary biology.
650 0 _aGame theory.
650 1 4 _aPhilosophy.
650 2 4 _aEthics.
650 2 4 _aGame Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.
650 2 4 _aEvolutionary Biology.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy, general.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781402058547
830 0 _aPhilosophical Studies Series ;
_v108
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5855-4
912 _aZDB-2-SHU
950 _aHumanities, Social Sciences and Law (Springer-11648)
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