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3 Post author: Metus 09 September 2013 04:50AM

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Comment author: pragmatist 09 September 2013 05:19:57AM 12 points [-]

Your examples suggest that you think rational actors will not have any other-regarding terms in their utility function. That isn't the notion of rationality generally employed on this site, I think. If your conception of rationality requires me to rejigger my utility function so that I care only about my own outcomes, then I'm not all that interested in becoming rational-sub-Metus.