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Old February 3rd, 2010, 01:07 PM
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Default Re: Diplomacy ethics

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Originally Posted by Sombre View Post
Why would you bother making an agreement with anyone then?
Because if you never make agreements you will be very dead very soon. Agreements are done (or so I suppose) when two (or more) people can assume to have something to win from the agreement. Agreements are thus by definition *good* things. However, if the agreement turns out to be bad for you (or too good for the other partner), then the smart thing to do would be to break the agreement.
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