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This pages is intende to collect references - like books, weblinks or short ideas - supporting the ethics discussions. See EthicsDicussionRoadmap?

Books

[AndrewHoerner on EthicsDiscussionB]: P.S. I want to recommend to you very strongly a fat two-volume set by Ken Binmore, Game Theory and the Social Contract, Vol. I. Playing Fair, & Vol. 2. Just Playing. … it provides a host of tools and examples that are useful to anyone pursuing a naturalistic ethics. Though some people would doubtless find it dry and technical, it is written in a very accessible style and I found it fascinating and engrossing …


[AndrewHoerner on EthicsDiscussionB]: … just noticed that Ken Binmore has a new book, Natural Justice. Here is a short review (by a Nobel laureate in economics).

“Ken Binmore has written a truly exciting book that derives moral principles of fairness, equity, and other behavior from evolutionary theory. In his theory, societies that hit on more efficient and ‘fairer’ equilibrium are more likely to survive through a combination of genetic and cultural selection. He is in my judgment appropriately highly critical of the rather arbitrary solutions to morality offered by Kant and some other philosophers. The book is innovative but controversial, and is truly a fresh and original approach written mainly in non-technical language. It should be widely read and discussed. I predict it will have a significant influence on discussions of moral principles in the future. “ --Gary S. Becker, University Professor of Economics and Sociology, Professor in the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. [copied from the Amazon book page referenced above]

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