The Gimmick of Game Theory’s Deflation of Morality
Why morality is more than prudence
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12 min readMar 9, 2021
According to game theorists and social contractarian philosophers like David Gauthier, morality is just a form of prudence. We apply our skills in practical reasoning, or at least we agree to live by the hypothetical results of an ideal case of such reasoning, by way of coordinating our behaviour to avoid the pitfalls of…
