The Irrationality of Stand Your Ground: Game Theory on Self-Defense

The Irrationality of Stand Your Ground: Game Theory on Self-Defense

US law continues its historical trend of growing more permissive towards actors who engage in violent action in purported self-defense. We draw on some informal game theory to show why this is strategically irrational and suggest rolling back self-defense doctrines like stand your ground to earlier...

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Veröffentlicht in:Moral philosophy and politics 2023-10, Vol.10 (2), p.387-404
Hauptverfasser: Santana, Carlos, Smith, Adam C., Petrozzo, Kathryn, Halm, Derek
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Black Lives Matter movement
Demonstrations & protests
Game theory
Irrationality
Law
Law enforcement
mechanism design
Morality
Murders & murder attempts
Philosophy
philosophy of law
philosophy of race
Rebellions
Self defense
Society
State laws
Vigilantes
Violence
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Zusammenfassung:US law continues its historical trend of growing more permissive towards actors who engage in violent action in purported self-defense. We draw on some informal game theory to show why this is strategically irrational and suggest rolling back self-defense doctrines like stand your ground to earlier historical precedents like duty to retreat.
ISSN:2194-5616
2194-5624
DOI:10.1515/mopp-2022-0007