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Economics and Social Conflict

Evil Actions and Evil Social Institutions in Virtual Worlds

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  1. Carl D. Mildenberger
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-7

  3. Introducing Moral Evil and Natural Evil

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    Pages 8-33

  4. Defining Evil in an Economic Way

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    Pages 34-76

  5. Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Play Games as a Field of Research

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    Pages 77-120

  6. EVE Online

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    Pages 121-146

  7. Piracy

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    Pages 147-172

  8. Suicide Ganks

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    Pages 173-199

  9. Wars — Other Forms of Natural Evil in EVE

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    Pages 200-206

  10. Altruism in EVE — A Simple Experiment of Online ‘Dictator Games’

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    Pages 207-215

  11. Conclusion

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    Pages 216-221

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 222-258
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This book brings to life the classic thought experiment of a natural state. Provides data on the economic aspects of social conflict of 400.000 people living in a virtual anarchy; showing evil actions and rules exist from an economic perspective. Non-instrumental violence has economic effects and inciting people to fight are not overcome in time.

About the author

CARL D. MILDENBERGER studied business and economics in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Boston, USA, and Witten, Germany, as well as philosophy in Paris, France, and St Andrews, UK. He is currently Lecturer in New Institutional Economics and Philosophy of the Social Sciences at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany.

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