Social Dilemmas

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The paper reviews a game which was performed to determine what affects on selfishness were seen if some given probabilities were known. The paper explains that all the outcomes deal with a dollar amount which can be paid out and will be significantly changed if certain unknowns become known in the beginning of each section, which is determined by three separate theories.

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"The issues of social dilemmas can often be so complex that many of us fail to realize that we are even in a dilemma at all until we are a victim or a participant in such a dilemma. However, the other side of the spectrum is that we participate in social dilemmas due to a very basic instinct and that is survival (Kangas 476). Of course we always have the need and desire to do the right thing but do we weight the costs appropriately. For example, can we risk picking up a hitchhiker today as compared to years ago."

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