2026/01/09 by Guillermo Aguillaume Gandasegui · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Ancient Near East History #Social Sciences and Humanities
paper · pdf · doi:10.20318/dyl.2026.9976
openalex publication_date 2026/01/09 · openalex created_date 2026/01/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this paper, I analyse the conceptions of Justice in ancient Mesopotamia, the Old Testament, and Archaic Greece to seek a common substrate among the three, and I believe it can be found in the principle of reciprocity. Next, I explain how reciprocity is a mechanism for maintaining social cooperation, whose functioning is supported by Game Theory, Anthropology, and even Primatology. I will try to explain the importance this principle takes on in complex urban societies and how it is used in modern theories of Justice to, finally, approach its usefulness in defining the very idea of Justice.