The Origins of Virtue (Paperback, New Ed)

Ridley made his name with an excellent book about sex and evolution, The Red Queen. This is an even better book, about the evolution of society, altruism and cooperation - in short, sociobiology, although that word (regarded by some as an obscenity) does not appear in the index. There is little that is new in this book, where we meet such familiar concepts as the Prisoner's Dilemma and the evolutionary nature of hawks and doves; but Ridley puts the package together in such a satisfying manner that the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts. (Kirkus UK)

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.

General

Imprint:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Press Science Series
Release date:	October 1997
First published:	October 1997
Authors:	Matt Ridley
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	295
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-024404-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Neurosciences
LSN:	0-14-024404-2
Barcode:	9780140244045

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