So I had reached Ethical egoism in my last voyage.
"Ethical egoism is belief that one ought to do what is in one's own self-interest. What is in one's self-interest may incidentally be detrimental to others, beneficial to others, or neutral in its effect. Ethical egoism is not to be confused with rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest, but not that it is ethically imperative."
This page had a single External Link: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Egoism. The word Stanford Encyclopedia made it a must read. Here egoism was defined as:
" Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism, the most famous descriptive position, claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do, rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be morally right that it maximize one's self-interest. Rational egoism claims that it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be rational that it maximize one's self-interest."
I just skimmed the page and the footer had a must-follow link prisoner's dilemma. How could I not resist clicking. But it was a dead link, so I turned again to Wikipedia.
"The classical prisoner's dilemma (PD) is as follows:
Two suspects A, B are arrested by the police. The police have insufficient evidence for a conviction, and having separated both prisoners, visit each of them and offer the same deal: if one testifies for the prosecution (turns King's Evidence) against the other and the other remains silent, the silent accomplice receives the full 10-year sentence and the betrayer goes free. If both stay silent, the police can only give both prisoners 6 months for a minor charge. If both betray each other, they receive a 2-year sentence each."
Now this some juicy stuff. It had Game theory written all over it. I had come across this word few months back (thanks to Sandeep), but did not dwell much on it.
"Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns"
"In addition to its academic interest, game theory has received some attention in popular culture. An important figure in game theory, John Nash was the subject of a 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind. Several game shows have adopted game theoretic situations, including the game show Friend or Foe.[1]"
Now it is added to my to read list ;)
Also before I end this voyage here a link to PDF document, I found on prisoner's dilemma page.
"A good introduction to game theory with a terse and accurate treatment of the prisoner's dilemma complete with a glossary of defined terms."
Astalavista.
May the force be with you ;)
"Ethical egoism is belief that one ought to do what is in one's own self-interest. What is in one's self-interest may incidentally be detrimental to others, beneficial to others, or neutral in its effect. Ethical egoism is not to be confused with rational egoism, which holds that it is rational to act in one's self-interest, but not that it is ethically imperative."
This page had a single External Link: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Egoism. The word Stanford Encyclopedia made it a must read. Here egoism was defined as:
" Egoism can be a descriptive or a normative position. Psychological egoism, the most famous descriptive position, claims that each person has but one ultimate aim: her own welfare. Normative forms of egoism make claims about what one ought to do, rather than describe what one does do. Ethical egoism claims that it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be morally right that it maximize one's self-interest. Rational egoism claims that it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be rational that it maximize one's self-interest."
I just skimmed the page and the footer had a must-follow link prisoner's dilemma. How could I not resist clicking. But it was a dead link, so I turned again to Wikipedia.
"The classical prisoner's dilemma (PD) is as follows:
Two suspects A, B are arrested by the police. The police have insufficient evidence for a conviction, and having separated both prisoners, visit each of them and offer the same deal: if one testifies for the prosecution (turns King's Evidence) against the other and the other remains silent, the silent accomplice receives the full 10-year sentence and the betrayer goes free. If both stay silent, the police can only give both prisoners 6 months for a minor charge. If both betray each other, they receive a 2-year sentence each."
Now this some juicy stuff. It had Game theory written all over it. I had come across this word few months back (thanks to Sandeep), but did not dwell much on it.
"Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns"
"In addition to its academic interest, game theory has received some attention in popular culture. An important figure in game theory, John Nash was the subject of a 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind. Several game shows have adopted game theoretic situations, including the game show Friend or Foe.[1]"
Now it is added to my to read list ;)
Also before I end this voyage here a link to PDF document, I found on prisoner's dilemma page.
"A good introduction to game theory with a terse and accurate treatment of the prisoner's dilemma complete with a glossary of defined terms."
Astalavista.
May the force be with you ;)
1 comment:
An excellent and clear presentation of the moral/ethical verbal divide. Well done.
cul - of deeperwants.com
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