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That's fundamentally what honor is.



The result may be the same, but I think honour requires a state of mind where you do the "honourable" thing even if nobody will know.


Agreed. Honor may have its roots in a prisoner's dilemma, but you're not actually practicing it until you have Stockholm syndrome.


"states of mind" are all externally influenced. If you have a fundamentally "honorable" mindset, it's because your history has reinforced that acting honorable nets you an overall positive outcome.

Which just reinforces the "honor = iterative prisoner's dilemma" argument.




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