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The study of ethical behavior is usually done in a static context, ignoring the lagging consequences of acts. A dynamic model of ethical behavior is developed in this paper, where it is shown that unless some religious beliefs or social considerations are taken into account by the individual, his/her actions will only become less ethical over time. The model elicits many other characteristics of ethical behavior, such as the role of selfesteem and reputation and the importance given to future consequences.
The idea of this paper has initially been discussed in 1998 with Tuomas Raivio and Gerald Karner at the Systems Analysis Laboratory of the Helsinki University of Technology (Finland). I wish to thank Tuomas Raivio and Georges Zaccour for their comments on the first draft. Although lowe much to them, the responsibility of any error remains mine.
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Pineau, PO. (2002). An Ethical Behavior Interpretation of Optimal Control. In: Zaccour, G. (eds) Optimal Control and Differential Games. Advances in Computational Management Science, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1047-5_4
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