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

Viking

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UPC:
9780670874491
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1997-04-01
Release Date:
1997-04-01
Author:
Matt Ridley
Language:
english
Edition:
1st American ed
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Examining the unique system of favors and obligations in trade, religion, and warfare, the author of The Red Queen suggests that human nature is indeed selfish, but that it is selfishness that promotes cooperation and serves evolution.