Which is just the opposite of what you’d expect—If I recall correctly, students who took game-theory-oriented economics classes became less altruistic, not more.
Possibly not the case—the studies you’re probably thinking of used charities that did things like lobby for lower tuition and so on—exactly the sort of things you’d expect altruistic economists to oppose.
Congratulations, you’ve written the most horrifying sentence I’ve read all day.
Tricking the other player is never justified? Did I miss something?
This site is supposed to be about rationality, but it’s covertly about altruism.
Not that covert, really.
Which is just the opposite of what you’d expect—If I recall correctly, students who took game-theory-oriented economics classes became less altruistic, not more.
Possibly not the case—the studies you’re probably thinking of used charities that did things like lobby for lower tuition and so on—exactly the sort of things you’d expect altruistic economists to oppose.
See for example Steven Landsburg on the subject