Ridley, Matt, 1958-

The origins of virtue : human instincts and the evolution of cooperation / Matt Ridley. - London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1998. - viii, 295 p. ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Penguin, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-284) and index.

Society of genes -- Division of labour -- Prisoner's dilemma -- Telling hawks from doves -- Duty and the feast -- Public goods and private gifts -- Theories of moral sentiments -- Tribal primates -- Source of war -- Gains from trade -- Ecology as religion -- Power of property -- Trust.

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Evolution (Biology)
Altruism.
Ethics, Evolutionary.

QH 366.2 / .R527 1998