Presuppositions Of The Game Theory

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Term Paper Title	Presuppositions Of The Game Theory
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Presuppositions of The Game Theory

Presuppositions of The Game Theory

Soloman believes that as the game theory gets more sophisticated, we tend to
lose sight of the problem rather than solve it.  He sees the problem as how to
get people to think about business and about themselves in an Aristotelian
rather than a neo-Hobbesian (or even a Rawlsian) way, which the game theoretical
models simply presuppose.

Soloman discusses seven presuppositions in the first section of his "Ethics &
Excellence" book.  They are: rationality and prudence; motivation and self-
interest; money and measurement; the anomaly of altruism; good and goals; the
open-ended playing field; and the role of the rules.  Soloman rejects each
presupposition and gives his reasons why.

This essay will discuss two of these presuppositions and either agree or
disagree with Soloman and then give reasons as to why.  The two presuppositions
that will be discussed are money and measurement and the role of the rules.

Money and Measurement

In business, as in most games, we like to keep score.  As one of Soloman's
businessman friends told him "in business you always know how well you are doing.
You just have to put your hand in your pocket."  People often think the more
money one has, the happier they are.  You often hear people say "if I only had
more money, I would be happy."  Frequently the perceived level of success is
compared to the size of one's bank account, the location of their house or the
amount of cars in the driveway.  People seem to perceive money as being
happiness.

Soloman says that keeping score, although it is not an essential feature of
games, seems to be one of the most durable features of game theory.  He thinks
that the best way to keep score is to have a dependable point system, a definite
unit of worth, which is money.

Soloman rejects this presupposition by first stating that "money isn't the only
or even primary social good", and "money is only a means and not an end."
Soloman agrees with these statements but to further reject this presupposition,
he goes on to discuss another example involving money.

Social theorists, in general, "like to talk about money, because money is a
readily measurable utility, a readily comparable measure, and apparently clear
basis for comparison."   But even some of these unrefined theorists recognize
that equal amounts of money do not have equal significance for different people,
therefore money is not an absolute readily measurable utili...

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