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The Origins of Virtue : Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
by Matt Ridley

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0380728222_m.gif (13336 bytes)Matt Ridley puts it best: The Origins of Virtue "is about the billion-year coagulation of our genes into cooperative teams, the million-year coagulation of our ancestors into cooperative societies, and the thousand-year coagulation of ideas about society and its origins." Past examinations of human and beastly altruism have often led to some delightfully cynical conclusions. To wit: children have to learn to be nice in order to get ahead; adults are generous not out of good-heartedness but sheer self-interest; and those male dolphins get along in order to have their way with the females. Ridley does not discard such evidence so much as seek out instances of trust, mutual aid, and generosity and examine them through a new paradox: "Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative." The Origins of Virtue is unsettling as well as highly entertaining--its elegant style matching its strong substance. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.   Copyright © Amazon.com, Inc.

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