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Justin Bruner ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/715778 · OA: W3042702330

Evolutionary accounts of morality consider behavior in rather simple scenarios. Evolutionary work on fairness focuses on the division of a windfall and, importantly, assumes that the positions of those involved are entirely symmetric. I consider more complicated strategic settings and find that there is a strong tendency for evolution to produce divisions consistent with the so-called Nash bargaining solution. I also uncover the evolutionary importance of comprehensiveness, an often-overlooked feature of division problems.

Keywords: Economics · Bargaining problem · Simple (philosophy) · Mathematical economics · Position (finance) · Morality · Work (physics) · Nash equilibrium · Microeconomics · Political science · Law · Epistemology