″ to some degree these are devil’s bargains, as anyone who can predict you will do this can take advantage of you. ”
What if one randomized their response to the acceptable excuse case? I suppose there might still be some gaming to occur but that should greatly reduce the ability for being taken advantage of as prediction is no longer really possible.
You can still be taken advantage of when probability of you accepting an excuse * value of avoiding punishment is greater than value of not breaking the rule.
It introduces intermediate choices between accepting and rejecting an excuse, but a trade-off between bearing the cost of punishing rule breakers and susceptibility to being taken advantage of remains the same.
″ to some degree these are devil’s bargains, as anyone who can predict you will do this can take advantage of you. ”
What if one randomized their response to the acceptable excuse case? I suppose there might still be some gaming to occur but that should greatly reduce the ability for being taken advantage of as prediction is no longer really possible.
You can still be taken advantage of when probability of you accepting an excuse * value of avoiding punishment is greater than value of not breaking the rule.
It introduces intermediate choices between accepting and rejecting an excuse, but a trade-off between bearing the cost of punishing rule breakers and susceptibility to being taken advantage of remains the same.