Consequently, the actions an individual can take are limited by the wealth an individual can acquire. — Bliss
such that at least one member has the wealth required to take the desired action, every group necessarily redistributes its collective wealth among its members. — Bliss
That only individuals can take action may not imply that a desired result can only be achieved by an individual acting alone. — Srap Tasmaner
How do you feel about changing "can acquire" to "can independently acquire"? — Bliss
my argument is that the action is taken by individuals in the group, not "the group" itself, and that the individuals entrusted with taking the action are the representatives of the group — Bliss
What individual acquires the wealth of another in the stag hunt? — Srap Tasmaner
the two people need to agree upon a way to coordinate their efforts — Bliss
I observe, that it will be for my interest to leave another in the possession of his goods, provided he will act in the same manner with regard to me. He is sensible of a like interest in the regulation of his conduct. When this common sense of interest is mutually expressed, and is known to both, it produces a suitable resolution and behaviour. And this may properly enough be called a convention or agreement betwixt us, though without the interposition of a promise; since the actions of each of us have a reference to those of the other, and are performed upon the supposition, that something is to be performed on the other part. Two men, who pull the oars of a boat, do it by an agreement or convention, though they have never given promises to each other. Nor is the rule concerning the stability of possession the less derived from human conventions, that it arises gradually, and acquires force by a slow progression, and by our repeated experience of the inconveniences of transgressing it. On the contrary, this experience assures us still more, that the sense of interest has become common to all our fellows, and gives us a confidence of the future regularity of their conduct: And it is only on the expectation of this, that our moderation and abstinence are founded. In like manner are languages gradually established by human conventions without any promise. In like manner do gold and silver become the common measures of exchange, and are esteemed sufficient payment for what is of a hundred times their value. — Hume, Treatise 3.2.2
Why is an absolute guarantee necessary? — Bliss
If acquiring the stag is only possible by killing it, then killing it is the action which allows for acquiring it, and is therefore the goal. — Bliss
Using my example, even if there's no explicit agreement about one person shooting first, they both need know to shoot if the other does, and that understanding is itself the agreement. — Bliss
The person who makes the first move grants the other the ability to decide, putting himself under that persons power. — Bliss
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