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Here is a list of the terms and definitions on each card.

Card 1:
Term: Psychological egoism
Definition: Psychological egoism is the empirical theory that people always do act to maximize their own self-interest.
Card 2:
Term: Ethical egoism
Definition: Ethical egoism is the ethical theory that people always ought to act to maximize their own self-interest.
Card 3:
Term: Payoff matrix
Definition: A payoff matrix in game theory is a table that shows each player’s payoff for every possible combination of strategies.
Card 4:
Term: Dominant strategy
Definition: A dominant strategy is a strategy in a game that yields a higher payoff regardless of the strategy chosen by the other player.
Card 5:
Term: Prisoner's dilemma
Definition: A prisoner’s dilemma is a type of game where both players have dominant strategies that, when played, result in an equilibrium with payoffs smaller than if each had played another strategy.
Card 6:
Term: Paradox of egoism
Definition: The paradox of egoism is a weakness of ethical egoism that arises because ethical egoists cannot achieve some states of affairs greatly in their self-interest because they always ought to act selfishly.
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Term: Contractarian ethic
Definition: A contractarian ethic is the view that ethics is an enforced contract among ethical egoists designed to prevent dilemmas of cooperation.
Card 8:
Term: Narrow self-interest
Definition: Narrow self-interest is motivation arising from only the welfare of one’s own ego and body.


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