Suicide as an evolutionarily stable strategy

Steven Mascaro; Kevin B Korb; Ann E Nicholson

doi:10.1007/3-540-44811-X_12

Suicide as an evolutionarily stable strategy

Steven Mascaro, Kevin B Korb, Ann E Nicholson

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Abstract

Ethics has traditionally been the domain of philosophers, pursuing their investigations a priori, since social experimentation is not an option. After Axelrod’s work, artificial life (ALife) methods have been applied to social simulation. Here we use an ALife simulation to pursue experiments with ethics. We use a utilitarian model for assessing what is ethical, as it offers a computationally clear means of measuring ethical value, based on the utility of outcomes. We investigate the particular action of altruistic suicide fostering the survival of others, demonstrating that suicide can be an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Artificial Life
Subtitle of host publication	6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings
Editors	Jozef Kelemen, Petr Sosik
Place of Publication	Berlin Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	120-132
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	3540425675
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_12
Publication status	Published - 2001
Event	European Conference on Artificial Life 2001 - Prague, Czechia Duration: 10 Sept 2001 → 14 Sept 2001 Conference number: 6th

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Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Publisher	Springer
Volume	2159
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	European Conference on Artificial Life 2001
Abbreviated title	ECAL 2001
Country/Territory	Czechia
City	Prague
Period	10/09/01 → 14/09/01

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Mascaro, S., Korb, K. B., & Nicholson, A. E. (2001). Suicide as an evolutionarily stable strategy. In J. Kelemen, & P. Sosik (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings (pp. 120-132). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 2159). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_12

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Mascaro, S, Korb, KB & Nicholson, AE 2001, Suicide as an evolutionarily stable strategy. in J Kelemen & P Sosik (eds), Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 2159, Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 120-132, European Conference on Artificial Life 2001, Prague, Czechia, 10/09/01. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_12

Suicide as an evolutionarily stable strategy. / Mascaro, Steven; Korb, Kevin B; Nicholson, Ann E.
Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference, ECAL 2001 Prague, Czech Republic, September 10-14, 2001 Proceedings. ed. / Jozef Kelemen; Petr Sosik. Berlin Germany: Springer, 2001. p. 120-132 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 2159).

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