Game theory in Hobbes's Leviathan
Teorija igara u Levijatanu Tomasa Hobsa
Abstract
For a long time, political theorists who deployed game theory have believed that Hobbes's state of nature can be expressed as a Prisoner's dilemma in which war of all against all is a Pareto-inferior outcome of social cooperation. Some recent game theory studies have looked at the state of nature from a perspective of chicken game and assurance game. Assurance game seems to be more precise in explaining how individuals in Hobbes's state of nature overcome the conflict and establish cooperation. In assurance game, cooperation is established by credible signaling that assures other players that everyone is prepared to cooperate. If all players do the same, and they all know it, individuals can achieve a Pareto-superior outcome.
Politički teoretičari su dugo smatrali da Hobsovo prirodno stanje može da se objasni zatvorenikovom dilemom u kojoj rat svih protiv sviju predstavlja Pareto-inferioran ishod društvene saradnje. Nedavni radovi teoretičari igara analizirali su prirodno stanje iz ugla igre kukavice i igre uveravanja (assurance game). Pokazalo se da igra uveravanja preciznije objašnjava način na koji pojedinci prevazilaze sukob u prirodnom stanju i uspostavljaju saradnju. U ovoj igri, suština prevazilaženja sukoba predstavlja kredibilno signaliziranje kojim drugu stranu uveravate da ste spremni na saradnju. Ako pojedinci ispune taj uslov, i znaju da su ga svi drugi ispunili, moguć je prelazak iz Pareto-inferiornog u Pareto-optimalno stanje.
Keywords:
Thomas Hobbes / Leviathan / prisoner's dilemma / assurance game / Pareto optimum / Tomas Hobs / Levijatan / zatvorenikova dilema / igra uveravanja / Pareto-optimumSource:
Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka, 2015, 9, 13, 135-150Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd
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FPNTY - JOUR AU - Pavlović, Dušan PY - 2015 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/537 AB - For a long time, political theorists who deployed game theory have believed that Hobbes's state of nature can be expressed as a Prisoner's dilemma in which war of all against all is a Pareto-inferior outcome of social cooperation. Some recent game theory studies have looked at the state of nature from a perspective of chicken game and assurance game. Assurance game seems to be more precise in explaining how individuals in Hobbes's state of nature overcome the conflict and establish cooperation. In assurance game, cooperation is established by credible signaling that assures other players that everyone is prepared to cooperate. If all players do the same, and they all know it, individuals can achieve a Pareto-superior outcome. AB - Politički teoretičari su dugo smatrali da Hobsovo prirodno stanje može da se objasni zatvorenikovom dilemom u kojoj rat svih protiv sviju predstavlja Pareto-inferioran ishod društvene saradnje. Nedavni radovi teoretičari igara analizirali su prirodno stanje iz ugla igre kukavice i igre uveravanja (assurance game). Pokazalo se da igra uveravanja preciznije objašnjava način na koji pojedinci prevazilaze sukob u prirodnom stanju i uspostavljaju saradnju. U ovoj igri, suština prevazilaženja sukoba predstavlja kredibilno signaliziranje kojim drugu stranu uveravate da ste spremni na saradnju. Ako pojedinci ispune taj uslov, i znaju da su ga svi drugi ispunili, moguć je prelazak iz Pareto-inferiornog u Pareto-optimalno stanje. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd T2 - Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka T1 - Game theory in Hobbes's Leviathan T1 - Teorija igara u Levijatanu Tomasa Hobsa EP - 150 IS - 13 SP - 135 VL - 9 DO - 10.5937/GodFPN1513135P ER -
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Pavlović, D.. (2015). Game theory in Hobbes's Leviathan. in Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka Univerzitet u Beogradu - Fakultet političkih nauka, Beograd., 9(13), 135-150. https://doi.org/10.5937/GodFPN1513135P
Pavlović D. Game theory in Hobbes's Leviathan. in Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka. 2015;9(13):135-150. doi:10.5937/GodFPN1513135P .
Pavlović, Dušan, "Game theory in Hobbes's Leviathan" in Godišnjak Fakulteta političkih nauka, 9, no. 13 (2015):135-150, https://doi.org/10.5937/GodFPN1513135P . .