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Soloman believes that as the game theory gets more sophisticated, we tend to lose sight of the problem rather than solve it. He sees the problem as how to get people to think about business and about themselves in an Aristotelian rather than a neo-Hobbesian (or even a Rawlsian) way, which the game theoretical models simply presuppose. Soloman discusses seven presuppositions in the first section of his 'Ethics & Excellence' book. They are: rationality and …

…rejected because, as stated earlier, business should be seen as a practice and not a game. Games have specific and strict rules and in business, expectations and mutual agreements must be established before there are any rules. The rules in business are established after the business is founded and not before such as in games. I do not think that the seven presuppositions of the game theory are appropriate and I agree with Soloman's rejections.