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The Moral Wager. Evolution and Contract.
Malcolm Murray
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Paperback. Series: Philosophical Studies Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 403.
In the following chapters, I offer an evolutionary account of morality and from that extrapolate a version of contractarianism I call consent theory. Game theory helps to highlight the evolution of morality as a resolution of interpersonal conflicts under strategic negotiation. It is this emphasis on strategic negotiation that underwrites the idea of consent. Consent theory differs from other contractarian models by abandoning reliance on rational self-interest in favour of evolutionary adaptation. From this, more emphasis will be placed on consent as natural convergence rather than consent as an idealization. My picture of contractarianism, then, ends up looking more like ... Read more
In the following chapters, I offer an evolutionary account of morality and from that extrapolate a version of contractarianism I call consent theory. Game theory helps to highlight the evolution of morality as a resolution of interpersonal conflicts under strategic negotiation. It is this emphasis on strategic negotiation that underwrites the idea of consent. Consent theory differs from other contractarian models by abandoning reliance on rational self-interest in favour of evolutionary adaptation. From this, more emphasis will be placed on consent as natural convergence rather than consent as an idealization. My picture of contractarianism, then, ends up looking more like ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Philosophical Studies Series
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048174591
SKU
V9789048174591
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