First, negotiations theory has progressed past game theory solutions to a more psychologically based methodology.
Hmm. Do you have a reference which is not, like, an entire book?
Second, the second vow focuses too much on the target (a KS solution bargain to the disagreement) and too little on the process.
Well, the process is important, but I feel like the discourse norms exemplified by this community already have us covered there, give or take.
Third, KS systems (like other game theory approaches) are difficult to quantify. It’s hard to assign a dollar value to taking out the trash versus doing the dishes.
It’s not dollar value, it’s utilon value. I agree that quantification is challenging, but IMO it only reflects the complexity of the underlying reality that we have to deal with one way or the other. In principle, you can always quantify the utility function by asking enough questions of the form “do I prefer this lottery over outcomes to that lottery over outcomes”.
Fourth, a KS/game-theory negotiations approach to disputes promotes an accounting approach to your relationship.
I think that all relationships are already accounting, people are just not always honest about it. Problems arise from people having different expectations / standards of fairness that they expect others to follow while never negotiating them explicitly. The latter is what we want to avoid here.
Hmm. Do you have a reference which is not, like, an entire book?
Well, the process is important, but I feel like the discourse norms exemplified by this community already have us covered there, give or take.
It’s not dollar value, it’s utilon value. I agree that quantification is challenging, but IMO it only reflects the complexity of the underlying reality that we have to deal with one way or the other. In principle, you can always quantify the utility function by asking enough questions of the form “do I prefer this lottery over outcomes to that lottery over outcomes”.
I think that all relationships are already accounting, people are just not always honest about it. Problems arise from people having different expectations / standards of fairness that they expect others to follow while never negotiating them explicitly. The latter is what we want to avoid here.