Theory of Games as a Tool for the Moral Philosopher (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521113519)

It is a common complaint against moral philosophers that their abstract theorising bears little relation to the practical problems of everyday life. Professor Braithwaite believes that this criticism need not be inevitable. With the help of the Theory of Games he shows how arbitration is possible between two neighbours, a jazz trumpeter and a classical pianist, whose performances are a source of mutual discord. The solution of the problem in the lecture is geometrical, and is based on the formal analogy between the logic of the situation and the geometry of a parabola. But an appendix provides the alternative algebraic treatment of a general two-person collaboration situation.

Author: R. B. Braithwaite
ISBN-10: 0521113512
ISBN-13: 9780521113519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2009
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d