Timmerman, Peter

Moral Contract Theory and Social Cognition An Empirical Perspective / [electronic resource] : by Peter Timmerman. - Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2014. - 1 online resource (X, 233 p. 7 ill.) - Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, 48 0921-3384 ; .

Acknowledgements.- I Introduction.- 1 The Practicability Assumption -- 2 Contract Theory and Perspective-Taking -- 3 Perspective-Taking in Moral Judgment.- 4 Perspective-Taking Accuracy and the Contract Test.- 5 How to Use a Contract Test -- II The Translucency Assumption.- 6 Contract Theory and Translucency.- 7 Translucency and the Irrationality of Straightforward Maximization.- 8 Why Not Be an Opportunist?.- 9 When Constrained Maximization is Rational -- 10 Conclusions.- Appendix.-  Index.

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