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.
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.