Volume 2, Issue 3, 2002
Theories of Rationality
Bruno Verbeek
Pages 337-352
Game Theory and Moral Norms
An Overview and an Application
This paper provides an overview of developments in the application of game theory to moral philosophy. Game theory has been used in moral theory in three ways. First, as a tool to analyze the function of moral norms. Secondly, to characterize bargaining about moral norms. Thirdly, the paper demonstrates how game theory can make sense of the authority of moral norms in a way that renders the concept suitable for further analysis.