C. Mildenberger

Economics and Social Conflict

Evil Actions and Evil Social Institutions in Virtual Worlds

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings to life the classic thought experiment of a natural state. Provides data on the economic aspects of social conflict of 400.000 people living in a virtual anarchy; showing evil actions and rules exist from an economic perspective. Non-instrumental violence has economic effects and inciting people to fight are not overcome in time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-28188-3
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 465g
• ISBN-13: 9781137281883
• ISBN-10: 113728188X
• Artikelnr.: 36391837

Autorenporträt

CARL D. MILDENBERGER studied business and economics in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Boston, USA, and Witten, Germany, as well as philosophy in Paris, France, and St Andrews, UK. He is currently Lecturer in New Institutional Economics and Philosophy of the Social Sciences at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Introducing Moral Evil and Natural Evil Defining Evil in an Economic Way Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games as a Field of Research EVE Online Piracy Suicide Gangs Wars - Other Forms of Natural Evil in EVE Altruism in EVE - a Simple Experiment of Online 'Dictator Games' Conclusion