Word: self-interest
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Anderson said the prisoner’s dilemma identifies a shortcoming of self-interest theory...
Before an attentive audience of about 100, Elizabeth S. Anderson, professor of philosophy and women’s studies, tackled the famous prisoner’s dilemma, a theoretical situation that challenges the legitimacy of self-interest...
...Self-interest dictates that each should confess. But if both act on their self-interest, the prisoners’ fate is worse than if they had acted with each other’s interest in mind...
First-year philosophy graduate student Michael Kessler said that he agreed with Anderson’s basic claims but that self-interest and identity theories are not mutually exclusive...
...Once you know your identity, you know what your self-interest is,” Kessler said...