"Witty and lucid and brimming with provocative conjectures" ("Wall Street Journal"), this fascinating and literate book interprets the latest research in the emerging field of evolutionary psychology to answer an age-old question: Is human nature cooperative or competitive? Vivid examples of animal andhuma n behavior, examine why humans tend generally to cooperate with each other. 13 line drawings.
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"Witty and lucid and brimming with provocative conjectures" ("Wall Street Journal"), this fascinating and literate book interprets the latest research in the emerging field of evolutionary psychology to answer an age-old question: Is human nature cooperative or competitive? Vivid examples of animal andhuma n behavior, examine why humans tend generally to cooperate with each other. 13 line drawings.
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New. 0670874493. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. --304 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. --DESCRIPTION: 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. -TABLE OF CONTENTS: Prologue * Ch. 1 The Society of Genes * Ch. 2 The Division of Labour * Ch. 3 The Prisoner's Dilemma * Ch. 4 Telling Hawks from Doves * Ch. 5 Duty and the Feast * Ch. 6 Public Goods and Private Gifts * Ch. 7 Theories of Moral Sentiments * Ch. 8 The Tribal Primates * Ch. 9 The Source of War * Ch. 10 The Gains from Trade * Ch. 11 Ecology as Religion * Ch. 12 The Power of Property * Ch. 13 Trust * Sources and Notes * Index. --with a bonus offer--
