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A Selfish Agent is an agent who leans towards selfish acts.
- AKA: Self-Interested Agent.
- Context:
- They can be a member of a Selfish Group (Banfield, 1967).
- Example(s):
- a Rational Economic Agent, such as the Sicilian Families encountered in (Banfield, 1967).
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Other-Interested Agent, such as a Kin-Altruist Agent or an Disinterested Altruist Agent.
- See: Game Theory, Economic Agent, Rational Agent.
References
2011
- (Kahneman, 2011) ⇒ Daniel Kahneman. (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow." Macmillan. ISBN:0374533555
- QUOTE: ... Bruno Frey barely recalls writing the piece, but I can still recite its first sentence: “The agent of economic theory is rational, selfish, and his tastes do not change.” ...
2008
- (Brown & Shoham, 2008) ⇒ Kevin Leyton-Brown, and Yoav Shoham. (2008). “Essentials of Game Theory: A Concise Multidisciplinary Introduction." Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 2(1). doi:10.2200/S00108ED1V01Y200802AIM003
- ABSTRACT: Game theory is the mathematical study of interaction among independent, self-interested agents.
1967
- (Banfield, 1967) ⇒ Edward C. Banfield. (1967). “The Moral Basis of a Backward Society."