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Author: | Bergstrom, T. |
Title: | On the evolution of altruistic ethical rules for siblings |
Journal: | American Economic Review
1995 : MAR, VOL. 85:1, p. 58-81 |
Index terms: | ETHICS ECONOMICS POPULATION |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper sexplores the evolutionary foundations of altruism among soblings and extends the biologists' kin-selection theory to a richer class of games between relatives. It shows that a population will resist invasion by dominant mutant genes if individuals maximize a "semi-Kantian" utility function in games with their siblings. It is shown that a population that resists invasion by dominant mutants may be invaded by recessive mutants. |
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