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| What should you do in a Prisoner's Dilemma? |
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| What should you do in a Valentine's Day Dilemma? |
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| Always do what the other person does |
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| What should you do in a Chicken Dilemma? |
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| Always do the OPPOSITE of what the other person does |
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| A Prisoner's Dilemma includes what? |
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| A Valentine's Day Dilemma includes what? |
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| A Chicken Dilemma includes what? |
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| What are some examples of social dilemmas? |
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| Nuclear arms races, public transport, recycling, over-fishing, voting, room-mates, even “fun” situations (cheerleaders, Beatles) |
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| What did Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations, 1776) show: |
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| The pursuit of self-interest can work to the advantage of the whole |
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| What does Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan 1651) point to? |
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| Social dilemmas and conflicts between individual and collective interests. |
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| Both Hobbes and Smith point to what? |
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| Interdependence of outcomes |
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| What are some Solutions to Social Dilemmas? |
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Motivational Solutions
Strategic Solutions
Repeated Interaction and Tit for Tat |
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| What is Tit for Tat (TFT)? |
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| Cooperate, then mimic partner’s prior move |
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| What is Tit for Tat (TFT) so effective? |
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Nice (never 1st to defect): Avoids unnecessary conflict
Retaliatory: Gets back at other immediately
Forgiving: Doesn’t hold a grudge
Clear: Easy for others to discern strategy |
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| How can Religion be applied to the Tif for Tat (TFT) principal? |
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Nice (never 1st to defect): Golden Rule
Retaliatory: Eye for an eye (Old Testament)
Forgiving : Turn other cheek (New Testament)
Clear: Religious symbols, emblems, clothes, language |
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| How did TFT bring Cooperation Between Enemies? |
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If the British shelled the Germans, the Germans replied and the damage was equal: if the Germans bombed an advanced piece of trench and killed five Englishmen, an answering fusillade killed five Germans.
Apologies after misfires. |
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| What ended “truce” between British and German Forces during WWI? |
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| They rotated the guys in the trenches so that they never looked across the field at the same person for any significant length of time. |
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