Cooperation - A Philosophical Study

by Raimo Tuomela

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

CHAPTER 1. Introducing Social Action and Cooperation

I What is Cooperation? 1

II Introducing the Basic Elements of Cooperation 4

III Theses on Cooperation 11

IV Survey of the Contents of the Book 17

Appendix 1: Previous Research on Cooperation 20

Appendix 2: Collective Social Action and Cooperation 23

 

CHAPTER 2. Collective and Joint Goals 26

I A Classification of Collective Goals 26

II The Components of Collective Goals 30

III The Basic Analysis of Intended Collective Goals 33

IV The Collectivity Condition for Goals 40

V The We-attitude Analysis of Collective Goals 49

VI Collective and Private Attitudes 53

VII Joint Intentions and Joint Goals 57

VIII Summary 68

 

CHAPTER 3. Cooperative Joint Action 72

I Acting Together 72

II Cooperative Joint Action 79

III Given and Final Preferences 88

IV Cooperative Joint Action more Precisely Analyzed 93

V Conclusion 102

Appendix: Bratman's Theory of Cooperation 103

 

CHAPTER 4. Cooperation and Collective Goals 108

I Cooperation as Involving a Collective Goal 108

II Detailed Analyses of Cooperative Situations 115

III Cooperation, Common Goals, and Social Dependence 126

IV Partial Cooperation 132

V Cooperation in the Individual Mode 136

VI Conclusion 137

Appendix: Coordination and Collective Goals 138

 

CHAPTER 5. Cooperation, Practical Reasoning, and Communication 141

I Cooperation and Practical Reasoning 141

II Collective Goals and Communicative Action 152

III Communicative Intentions 156

IV Summary 164

 

CHAPTER 6. Cooperation in Institutional Context 165

I Collective Acceptance and Cooperation 165

II Social Norms and Social Institutions 171

III Institutional Cooperation 177

IV Concluding Remarks 189

Appendix: Social Norms 190

 

CHAPTER 7. Cooperation and Cooperative Game Theory 195

I Cooperative Game Theory 195

II Collective Goal Theory and Cooperative Game Theory 202

III Agreement and Commitment 205

IV Summary 211

 

CHAPTER 8. The Components of Social Control and Dependence 212

I Introduction 212

II The Components of Social Control 213

III Measurement of the Components of Social Control 219

IV Correspondence and Concordance of Preferences 224

V Control Related to Social Action 227

VI Concluding Remarks 229

Appendix: Comments on the General Case 229

 

CHAPTER 9. Cooperation and Preferences 232

I Introduction 232

II The Degree of Correlation of Preferences 233

III Examples of Interaction Structures 237

IV Cooperation and Correlated Preferences: The Key Arguments 240

V Summary of the Preference and Goal Correlation Account 249

 

CHAPTER 10. Cooperation and the Dilemma of Collective Action 256

I Introduction 256

II An Analysis of Free Riding 264

III Examples of Collective Action Dilemma Structures 268

IV Coordination and Conflict in Selection Situations 275

V From Given to Final Utilities 279

VI Conclusion 289

Appendix A. Three-Person Games with a Collective Action Problem 290

Appendix B. Case Studies of Collective Action Structures and the Components of Social Control 293

 

CHAPTER 11. Rational Cooperation and Collective Reasons 298

I Rational Cooperative Action and Acting for a Collective Reason 298

II The Desirability of Cooperation 305

III The Rationality of Cooperation 306

IV I-mode Utilities and We-mode Utilities 313

V The Centipede, Trust, And Rationality 318

VI Conclusion 333

Appendix 1: Joint Equilibria 335

Appendix 2: Rational Intentions and Strategic Interaction 338

 

CHAPTER 12. Long-Term Cooperation 341

I Repeated Situations of Strategic Interaction 341

II Different Kinds of Solutions to Collective Action Dilemmas 346

III Experimental Results on Cooperation 351

IV Evolutionary Game Theory, Similarity, and Cooperation 356

V Concluding Remarks 366

 

CHAPTER 13. Conclusion 368

I The Basic Ideas and Theses 368

II The Main Results 374

III Relevance to Moral and Political Philosophy 377

 

Notes 380

References 415

Index of Names 422

Subject Index 424