[PDF.18aj] 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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 | #100087 in Books |  1998-04-01 |  1998-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.73 x.65 x5.08l,.45 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| worth sticking with it|By Merna Moose|I nearly gave up on this book at a little over the half way point. While he explores a number of interesting angles in the first half, it seems that all of them end up being blind alleys. It was worth staying with it, because his final answer comes (perhaps surprisingly) not out of biology or game theory, but anthropology. The first half|.com |Human life, scientific journalist Matt Ridley suggests, is a complex balancing act: we behave with self-interest foremost in mind, but also in ways that do not harm, and sometimes even benefit, others. This behavior, in a strange way, makes us good. It

If, as Darwin suggests, evolution relentlessly encourages the survival of the fittest, why are humans compelled to live in cooperative, complex societies? In this fascinating examination of the roots of human trust and virtue, a zoologist and former American editor of the Economist reveals the results of recent studies that suggest that self-interest and mutual aid are not at all incompatible. In fact, he points out, our cooperative instincts may have evolved as p...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation   |  Matt Ridley. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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