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Figure 1Incentive supportNo incentive supportIntrinsicsupportPrudencePure MoralityNo intrinsicsupportPreussureSoft ConformismIt might be argued that the category pressure is the antithesis to puremorality and therefore the proper heir to the term prudence, but it isusually dubious supporters, not opponents, that are scrutinized andseparated from pure morality. A common view is that prudence canbring moral compliance up to a certain point beyond which theremight be no external monitoring or no incentive linked to that 'behavior. The question then arises whether the moral belief is strongenough. If you get the chance to kill an adversary with no risk ofgetting caught and punished, would you take it? If a man is restrictedby his conscience he is always constrained, but an extrinsic controidoes not have the same permanent presence. Although pure moralitycan take the place of prudence, prudence cannot fill the space left bypure morality. At least that is the claim of the proponents of puremorality.A choice of pure morality over prudent morality does not necessarilyimply that its supporters have to pursue the difficult argumentationline of 'less is more', Le. rules without incentives are better thanthese rules with incentives. If prudence is preferred this indicates aconstraint upon which rules to accept as suitable. So prudent moralitywill imply not only more supported rules, but also fewer and lessdemanding rules. Prudent morality is a morality of performancerather than a morality of ambition.2 A suggestion of morality for the Prisoner's DilemmaAfter this clarification of morality and incentives it might be useful toIII : 4