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Modeling justice as a natural phenomenon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

Ken Binmore
Ken Binmore*
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Economics Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. k.binmore@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Among other things, Baumard et al.'s “A Mutualistic Approach to Morality” considers the enforcement and establishment of moral norms, the interpersonal comparison of welfare, and the structure of fairness norms. This commentary draws attention to the relevance of the game theory literature to the first and second topic, and the social psychology literature to the third topic.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 82 - 83
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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