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The Economy of Belief Or, Explaining Cooperation Among the Prudent

The problem of explaining altruism is now a staple in biology. This problem comprises also, as a special case, the problem of explaining cooperation for mutual advantage. This essay offers one way of explaining cooperation (or altruism) among persons who cannot be assumed to trust each other. There is an important role in this explanation for belief in a wrathful deity.