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In evolutionary games, enlightened self-interests are still ultimately self-interests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2007

Thomas Getty
Thomas Getty
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. getty@msu.eduhttp://www.msu.edu/user/getty/index.htm
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Abstract

Evolutionary theory provides a firm foundation for the unification of the behavioral sciences, and the beliefs, preferences, and constraints (BPC) model is a useful analytical tool for understanding human behavior. However, evolutionary theory suggests that if other-regarding preferences expressed by humans have evolved under selection, they are ultimately, if not purely, in the constrained, relative self-interests of individuals who express them.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 25 - 26
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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