The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication year: 1998
ISBN: 0140264450
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Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altrusim? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence.