Re: Ethics and morals (brief addendum)

2004-01-22 Thread Eric Hawthorne
Oh and

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

That's not Christianity. That's a successful strategy in game theory.



Re: Ethics and morals (brief addendum)

2004-01-22 Thread Eric Hawthorne
I don't think there's just one successful game theory strategy.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
is a kind of a planning-ahead strategy if you believe that others
are going to use tit for tat. Maybe?
And besides, I'm talking about a strategy that is beneficial to the group
(and to group members indirectly thereby. Not a strategy that is most
beneficial on average to the individual at each encounter.


Frank wrote:

Actually, the successful game theory strategy is tit for tat

which would be quivalent to: an eye for an eye