The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
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Brilliantly orchestrating the newest findings of geneticists psychologists and anthropologists this book re-examines the everyday assumptions upon which we base our actions towards others whether in our roles as parents siblings or trade partners. Ridley shows readers how breakthroughs in computer programming microbiology and economics have provided a new perspective on how and why we relate to each other. 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 part of mankind s natural selfish behavior--by exchanging favors we can benefit ourselves as well as others.Brilliantly orchestrating the newest findings of geneticists psychologists and anthropologists The Origins of Virtue re-examines the everyday assumptions upon which we base our actions towards others whether in our roles as parents siblings or trade partners. With the wit and brilliance of The Red Queen his acclaimed study of human and animal sexuality Matt Ridley shows us how breakthroughs in computer programming microbiology and economics have given us a new perspective on how and why we relate to each other.
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