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Conceptual JurisprudenceLaw’s Virtual Empires: Game Analogies and the Concept of Law

Conceptual Jurisprudence: Law’s Virtual Empires: Game Analogies and the Concept of Law [In this Chapter, I explore the future development of a well-worn tool in the elucidation of the concept of law: the analogy between law and games. In particular, I explore how the analogy might be extended in the context of complex, modern games that take place in a virtual environment: Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (‘MMORPGs’). Are these games jurisprudentially interesting, in the sense of shedding light on the concept of law? Or is nothing to be gained from them that cannot be taken from analogies with games like chess and baseball? I first trace out the traditional uses of the games analogy, and then I suggest some ways in which analogies between law and MMORPGs might be helpful. These include providing fresh insight answers into long-standing jurisprudential questions and posing new questions for jurisprudential enquiry.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Conceptual JurisprudenceLaw’s Virtual Empires: Game Analogies and the Concept of Law

Part of the Law and Philosophy Library Book Series (volume 137)
Editors: Fabra-Zamora, Jorge Luis; Villa Rosas, Gonzalo
Allen, Jason Grant
Conceptual Jurisprudence — Sep 2, 2021
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-78802-5
Pages
267 –293
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-78803-2_15
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[In this Chapter, I explore the future development of a well-worn tool in the elucidation of the concept of law: the analogy between law and games. In particular, I explore how the analogy might be extended in the context of complex, modern games that take place in a virtual environment: Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (‘MMORPGs’). Are these games jurisprudentially interesting, in the sense of shedding light on the concept of law? Or is nothing to be gained from them that cannot be taken from analogies with games like chess and baseball? I first trace out the traditional uses of the games analogy, and then I suggest some ways in which analogies between law and MMORPGs might be helpful. These include providing fresh insight answers into long-standing jurisprudential questions and posing new questions for jurisprudential enquiry.]

Published: Sep 2, 2021

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