The Origins of Virtue

Apr 27, 2025 12:57 PM

Author:Matt Ridley

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.

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—— Harold Kushner

Their book has a rare commonsense and realism; its examples and anecdotes and snatches of talk and dialogue, whether real or imagined, are representative and convincing...it it doesn't work it ought to

—— Observer

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A clear and careful introduction to an involved subject

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