The Evolution of Social Contracts

The Evolution of Social Contracts

Influential thinkers such as Young, Sugden, Binmore, and Skyrms have developed game-theoretic accounts of the emergence, persistence and evolution of social contracts. Social contracts are sets of commonly understood rules that govern cooperative social interaction within societies. These naturalist...

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Main Author: Vlerick Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Social Ontology
Subjects:
social contracts
game theory
cultural evolution
coordination problems
competition problems
within-group dynamics
between-group dynamics
cultural group selection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2019-0041

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2019-0041

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