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Title:: Consequentialism as Moral Evaluation Theory in Social Cooperation:From the Perspective of Prisoner’s Dilemma

Keywords:: social cooperation; prisoner’s dilemma; utility consequentialism; justice consequentialism; widespread imitation verification

Abstract:: The path adopted by consequentialism is an appropriate approach to moral evaluation. A comparison between the two models of the prisoner’s dilemma and the moral evaluation in the light of the concept of social cooperation shows that a deepened investigation of the solutions to prisoner’s dilemma can help establish the basic principles of social cooperation, namely the principle of maximum benefit and principle of common benefit. These two principles can respectively be found in utility consequentialism and justice consequentialism. The consequentialism after undergoing a widespread imitation verification can combine these two principles, thus leading to a better realization of the concept of social cooperation.