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Is the prisoner's dilemma metaphor suitable for altruism? Distinguishing self-control and commitment from altruism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2003
Abstract
Rachlin basically marshals three reasons behind his unconventional claim that altruism is a subcategory of self-control and that, hence, the prisoner's dilemma is the appropriate metaphor of altruism. I do not find any of the three reasons convincing. Therefore, the prisoner's dilemma metaphor is unsuitable for explaining altruism.
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