This collection focuses on questions that arise when morality is considered from the perspective of recent work on rational choice and evolution. Linking questions like Is it rational to be moral? to the evolution of cooperation in The Prisoners Dilemma, the book brings together new work using models from game theory, evolutionary biology, and cognitive science, as well as from philosophical analysis. Among the contributors are leading figures in these fields, including David Gauthier, Paul M. Churchland, Brian Skyrms, Ronald de Sousa, and Elliot Sober.
Acknowledgments Contributors 1. Introduction,Peter A. Danielson Rationality 2. Rationality and Rules,Edward F. Mc Clennen 3. Intention and Deliberation,David Gauthier 4. Following Through with One's Plans: Reply to David Gauthier,Michael E. Bratman 5. How Breass' Paradox Solves Newcomb's Problem,A. D. Irvine 6. Economics of the Prisoner's Dilemma: A Background,Bryan R. Routledge 7. Modeling Rationality: Normative or Descriptive?,Ronald de Sousa Modeling Social Interaction 8. Theorem 1,Leslie Burkholder 9. The Failure of Success: Intrafamilial Exploitation in the Prisoner's Dilemma,Louis Marinoff 10. Transforming Social Dilemmas: Group Identity and Co-Operation,Peter Kollock 11. Beliefs and Co-Operation,Bernardo A. Huberman and Natalie S. Glance 12. The Neutral Representation of the Social World,Paul M. Churchland Morality 13. David Schmidtz 14. Categorically Rational Preferences and the Structure of Morality,Duncan MacIntosh 15. Why We Need a Moral Equilibrium Theory,William J. Talbott 16. Moralty's Last Chance,Chantale LaCasse and Don Ross Evolution 17. Mutual Aid: Darwin MeetsThe Logic of Decision,Brian Skyrms 18. ThreelC