Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: Ridley, Matt, 1958- Title: The origins of virtue : human instincts and the evolution of cooperation / Matt Ridley. Publisher, Date: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1998. Description: viii, 295 pages ; 20 cm Summary: Suggests a biological basis for the social organization and cooperation shown by the human race, and traces the evolution of society as a process of self-interest acting for mutual benefit. Subjects: Evolution (Biology) Altruism. Ethics, Evolutionary. Notes: Originally published: London: Penguin, 1996. Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-284) and index. Contents: 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. LCCN: 96044907 ISBN: 0140264450 9780140264456 0670874493 Other Number: 38933813 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 51443 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 303.5 Ridley Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
