From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 14:45:38 MST
> (Max M <maxmcorp@worldonline.dk>):
> Brett Paatsch wrote:
>
> It is indeed a very interresting question. And I don't believe that
> there can ever be a completely rational ethics system.
> I strongly suspect that the truth lies somewhere in the analysis and
> application of game theory.
Game theory doesn't help you choose goals. The goals ("payoffs") must
be chosen beforehand; game theory (and reason in general) will help
determine which actions best serve to accomplish those goals.
One can, of course, reason from either direction. If you chose to
value outcome X, you can solve for the actions that will accomplish
X. Conversely, if you choose to define action Y as "good", then you
can solve for the consequences of that action and value that result.
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