
The Moral Wager Evolution and Contract
Başlık:
The Moral Wager Evolution and Contract
Yazar:
Murray, Malcolm. author.
ISBN:
9781402058554
Yazar:
Edisyon:
1st ed. 2007.
Fiziksel Niteleme:
IX, 247 p. online resource.
Seri:
Philosophical Studies Series, 108
İçindekiler:
Irrealism -- Against Moral Categoricity -- Self-Interest -- Rationality’s Failure -- Evolutionary Fit -- Consent Theory -- Concerned Parties -- Suffering and Indifference.
Özet:
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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Elektronik Erişim:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5855-4