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| | Competition Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | While some thinkers have viewed competition as being inherently at odds with cooperation or in a largely negative light, Berumen maintains that the two are often intertwined; for example, any number of competitive activities might require cooperation in following the rules, accepting judgments of impartial observers, and settling on rewards. |
 | | Competition, Berumen asserts, is also one means of allocating finite resources, whether in business or in purchasing tickets to the theater. |
 | | The key to analzying the morality of competition is to understand who benefits and suffers as a result and whether the suffering can be justified using various normative criteria- for example, a voluntary agreement, universal prescriptions, or societal norms. |
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