POLSCI 331 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Baltimore Stars, Utilitarianism, Invisible Hand
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No matter what b does, snitching is a"s best choice. A will either get 5 or (cid:883)(cid:882) years if b snitches, or he will. Prisoner a silence be free or 5 months if b is silent. In this case, the nash equilibrium is: a and b both snitch. A state of allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off. In this case, the pareto optimal choice is: a and b both stay silent. A situation is a prisoner"s dilemma only when the nash equilibrium is not the pareto optimum. Hobbes is a materialist matter and motion. Bees and ants have a natural lust for one another = they"re clones, asocial insects: similar to cells in a single body a single interest, but because it"s rational to maintain this political society.