Algebra of Conscience Revised Edition with a Second Part with a new
Conscience is an essential human attribute. Nevertheless, in the construction of formal models of the subject it is customarily left outside the framework of theoretical analysis. The Algebra of Conscience, whose first edition appeared in 1982, was the fi
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY
General Editors: W. Leinfellner (Vienna) and G. Eberlein (Munich) Series A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences Series B: Mathematical and Statistical Methods Series C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research
SERIES A: PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME30
Series Editor: W. Leinfellner (Technical University ofVienna), G. Eberlein (Technical University of Munich); Editorial Board: R. Boudon (Paris), M. Bunge (Montreal), J. S. Coleman (Chicago), J. Gotsch! (Graz), L. Kern (Pullach), I. Levi (New York), R. Mattessich (Vancouver), B. Munier (Cachan), J. Nida-Ri.imelin (Giittingen), A. Rapoport (Toronto), A. Sen (Cambridge, U.S.A.), R. Tuomela (Helsinki), A. Tversky (Stanford). Scope: This series deals with the foundations, the general methodology and the criteria, goals and purpose of the social sciences. The emphasis in the Series A will be on well-argued, thoroughly analytical rather than advanced mathematical treatments. In this context, particular attention will be paid to game and decision theory and general philosophical topics from mathematics, psychology and economics, such as game theory, voting and welfare theory, with applications to political science, sociology, law and ethics.
ALGEBRA OF CONSCIENCE Revised Edition with a Second Part with a new Foreword by Anatol Rapoport by VLADIMIR A. LEFEBVRE University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-90-481-5751-8 ISBN 978-94-017-0691-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-0691-9
Printed on acid-free paper
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CONTENTS FOREWORD by Anatol Rapoport
IX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS to the second edition
xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS to the first edition
xii
PREPACE to the second edition
xiii
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
1
PART ONE. ETHICAL SYSTEMS
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Prologue to Part One Introduction to Part One Chapter I. Moral Cognition Chapter II. Ethical Systems and Boolean Algebra Chapter III. Boolean Algebra, Exponent, Logarithm Chapter IV. Individuals, Reflexion, and Interaction Chapter V. Automata with Semantics and Ethical Status Chapter VI. A Formal Representation of Doubts and Feelings Chapter VII. A Formal Comparison of Ethical Systems: Guilt, Condemnation, Doubt Chapter VIII. A Formal Comparison of Ethical Systems: Doubts and Ethical Status Chapter IX. Ethical Analysis of Artistic and Propagandistic Literature Chapter X. Experimental Analysis of Normative Individuals Chapter XI. The Principle of Maximization of the Ethical Status
