The selfish jerks would not be rational, as they wouldn’t be winning
They would be doing as well as you can if you refuse to cooperate. More importantly, co operation isn’t a Pareto improvement on defection, because some cooperators take a hit, because not everything is a PD.
But in others, winning may involve doing evil to your neighbours. It would be nice if the morally best action (“What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour”) were always to be the selfishly winningest one,
It isn’t. It’s not a Pareto improvement.
Playing co-operatively can “grow the pie” or produce more overall value even if generating individual losers
They would be doing as well as you can if you refuse to cooperate. More importantly, co operation isn’t a Pareto improvement on defection, because some cooperators take a hit, because not everything is a PD.
It isn’t. It’s not a Pareto improvement.
Playing co-operatively can “grow the pie” or produce more overall value even if generating individual losers