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Moral Calculations : Game Theory, Logic, and Human Frailty /

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Are people ever rational? Consider this: You auction off a one-dollar bill to the highest bidder, but you set the rules so that the second highest bidder also has to pay the amount of his last bid, even though he gets nothing. Would people ever enter such an auction? Not only do they, but according...

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Main Author: Mérő, László
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1998.
Subjects:
Philosophy (General)
Combinatorial analysis.
Operations research.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I. GAMES OF MORALITY
  • Auction and Posing
  • The Brute Who Is a Hero
  • Prisoner's Dilemma
  • The Golden Rule
  • The Bluff. II. THE SOURCES OF DIVERSITY
  • John von Neumann's Game Theory
  • Competition for a Common Goal
  • Hawks and Doves
  • Socialism and Free Competition
  • The Games of Elementary Particles. III. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RATIONALITY
  • Loves Me, Loves Me Not
  • Sensible Irrationality
  • Collective Rationality
  • The Variegation of Thinking
  • There Are Many Ways to Nirvana.