AN EVOLUTIONARY PARADOX FOR PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR

We investigate how changes to the payoffs of cooperative behavior affect the evolutionary dynamics. Paradoxically, the larger the benefits of cooperation, the less likely it is to evolve. This holds true even in cases where cooperation is strictly dominant. Increasing the benefits from prosocial beh...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of philosophy 2014-03, Vol.111 (3), p.151-166
Hauptverfasser:	FORBER, PATRICK, SMEAD, RORY
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analytic Philosophy Behavior Biological evolution Contemporary Philosophy Cooperation Ecological competition Evolution Evolutionary games Evolutionary theories Game theory Paradoxes Population dynamics Prosocial behavior
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