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Superrational decision theories
While I'm not 100% sure this is the best possible name (not that I can think of anything better myself right now), at least it has precedent (Hofstadter's superrationality, which is the only ‘mainstream’ --i.e. notable enough for a Wikipedia article-- name for something similar -- unless you count the categorical imperative, but IMO the name categorical decision theory would be better for one specific theory than for a class.)
(By the way, I worry that this phrase would sound cultish to anyone who wasn't familiar with Hofstadter's superrationality.)
Yeah. I had thought about the bad connotations, then remembered that the usual superlative of "rationality" around here is "x-rationality". But I hadn't thought that this doesn't change how an outsider would perceive the phrase.
I learned superrationality in school. Not the name Hofstadter or anything about why superrationality is sane though.
The only problem with 'superrationality' is the connotation that CDT is rational. It's just not!
Rational decision theories