Re: Beating a dead horse?

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Wed, 08 Apr 1998 17:47:47 -0400


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Felix Ungman wrote:
>Moral issues can be solved by applying game theory.

Only if the players respect payoff. Who says we couldn't design obedient
deltas and epsilons who are always happy, no matter what happens to them?
Clearly they would have nothing to gain or lose from serving me, and thus
all of its payoffs are equal.

Presuming that I could actually make certain that they are always happy
slaves then game theory would DEMAND that I create such people.

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