The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation

Matt Ridley  ·  1996

 ·  non-fiction   science   evolution

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Ridley uses game theory and evolutionary biology to explain why humans cooperate at all. A counterpoint to both naive altruism and cynical selfishness.