TY - BOOK ID - 38301539 TI - The moral wager : evolution and contract. PY - 2007 SN - 9781402058554 9781402058547 PB - Dordrecht Springer DB - UniCat KW - ethiek KW - Europees recht KW - filosofie KW - speltheorie KW - General ethics KW - Operational research. Game theory KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - Philosophy KW - Contractarianism (Ethics) KW - Ethics KW - Ethics, Evolutionary KW - Ethics, Naturalistic KW - Evolutionary ethics KW - Naturalistic ethics KW - Ethical relativism KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Values KW - Contractarian theory (Ethics) KW - Contractarianism, Moral KW - Moral contractarianism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:38301539 AB - 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. ER -