The Origins of Virtue

by	Matt Ridley

SKU: 9780140244045 Categories: NEUROSCIENCES, PSYCHOLOGY, Social Psychology Tags: A Brief History of Time, A Tale of Two Cities, Alain de Botton, Albert Camus, bad science, Deep Work, Doughnut Economics, East West Street, emotional intelligence, Far from the Madding Crowd, gullivers travels, guns germs and steel, Homo Deus, lord of the flies, Madame Bovary, prisoners of geography, Robinson Crusoe, Sam Harris, sapiens a brief history of humankind, Steven Pinker, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, The Selfish Gene, Tim Ferriss, tools of titans, treasure island, ulysses james joyce, When Breath Becomes Air, Yuval Noah Harari

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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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Weight	0.224 kg
Dimensions	1.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by	Matt Ridley
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	304
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year Published	1997-10-30
Imprint	Penguin
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	0140244042
About The Author	MATT RIDLEY is a research fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs and a Trustee of the International Centre for Life, living in Northumberland. His last book, The Red Queen, was short-listed for the Rhone-Poulenc Prize for science books and the Writers' Guild Award for non-fiction.

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