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Ethics, Morality, and Game Theory

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  • Mark Alfano

    (Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
    Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia)

  • Hannes Rusch

    (School of Business and Economics, Philipps University Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
    TUM School of Governance, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany)

  • Matthias Uhl

    (TUM School of Governance, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany)

Abstract

Ethics is a field in which the gap between words and actions looms large. Game theory and the empirical methods it inspires look at behavior instead of the lip service people sometimes pay to norms. We believe that this special issue comprises several illustrations of the fruitful application of this approach to ethics.

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  • Mark Alfano & Hannes Rusch & Matthias Uhl, 2018. "Ethics, Morality, and Game Theory," Games, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-4, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jgames:v:9:y:2018:i:2:p:20-:d:143407
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