Re: Sociobiology explains one more aspect of morality

From: sinister (sinister_at_nospam.invalid)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:10:32 GMT

"robert j. kolker" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:2p8nh7Fibm7iU8@uni-berlin.de...
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> sinister wrote:
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>> Logical fallacy: you're assuming that one must largely be one or the
>> other.
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> At any moment we are either victims, victimizers or neither. So what is
> illogical about that?

Sorry, missed the "neither".

Actually, though, the prisoner's dilemma is set up so that, for one play of
the game, it's better to be a victimizer (i.e., defect while the other
player cooperates). Life isn't so simple if there's an iterated prisoner's
dilemma.

Which is the point---by mutual cooperation, both sides can gain.

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> Bob Kolker
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>

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