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Foreword

In: Game Theory, Social Choice and Ethics

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  • H. W. Brock

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For all his prescience in matters physical and mathematical, the great Gauss apparently did not foresee one development peculiar to our own time. The development I have in mind is the use of mathematical reasoning — in particular the axiomatic method — to explicate alternative concepts of rationality and morality. The present bipartite collection of essays (Vol. 11, Nos. 2 and 3 of this journal) is entitled ‘Game Theory, Social Choice, and Ethics’. The eight papers represent state-of-the-art research in formal moral theory. Their intended aim is to demonstrate how the methods of game theory, decision theory, and axiomatic social choice theory can help to illuminate ethical questions central not only to moral theory, but also to normative public policy analysis.

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  • H. W. Brock, 1979. "Foreword," Springer Books, in: H. W. Brock (ed.), Game Theory, Social Choice and Ethics, pages 143-151, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-009-9532-1_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-9532-1_1
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