Evolutionary cooperation in a multi-agent society

Abstract

According to the evolutionary ethics theory, humans have developed a moral sense by means of natural selection. A “moral sense” supposes some form of cooperation, but it is not immediately clear how “natural selection” could lead to cooperation. In this research, we present a multi-agent society model which includes a cooperative act in order to investigate whether evolution theory can explain to what extent cooperative behavior supports the emergence of a society. Our research shows that cooperation supports the emergence of a society in particular when taking into account individual differences.