How do groups form, how do institutions come into being, and when do moral norms and practices emerge? This volume explores how game-theoretic approaches can be extended to consider broader questions that cross scales of organization, from individuals to cooperatives to societies. Game theory' strategic formulation of central problems in the analysis of social interactions is used to develop multi-level theories that examine the interplay between individuals and the collectives they form. The concept of cooperation is examined at a higher level than that usually addressed by game theory, especially focusing on the formation of groups and the role of social norms in maintaining their integrity, with positive and negative implications. The authors suggest that conventional analyses need to be broadened to explain how heuristics, like concepts of fairness, arise and become formalized into the ethical principles embraced by asociety. INDICE: Preface.- I: The Evolution of Cooperation at the Level of Individuals.- Frank: The Biological Foundations of the Theory of Cooperation.- Nowak: Five Mechanisms for the Evolution of Cooperation.- Bowles/Gintis: Human Cooperation is the Result of Other-Regarding Preferences.- Maskin: Evolution, Cooperation, and Repeated Games.- Sigmund: Social Dilemmas and Costly Incentives.- Skyrms: Groups and Networks.- II: Cooperation and Group Formation.- Flack/Krakauer: Origins of Moral Systems.- Levin: Games, Norms and Society.- Sloan Wilson: Prosociality and the Evolution of Institutions.- Johnson: Supernatural Punishment and Cooperation.- Hare: Moral Motivation.- Appiah: Explaining Religion.-III: Cooperation and Problems of the Commons.- Ostrom: Building Trust to Solve Common Dilemmas.- Brams/Kilgour: How Democracy Resolves Conflict in Difficult Games.- O’Neill: The Duty to Apologize as Part of a Normative Regime.- Sugden: Team Reasoning and Market Relationships.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-85435-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 283
- Fecha Publicación: 23/06/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés