Cooperative Species Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution

Name: Cooperative Species Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution
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ISBN: 9780691158167

ISBN-10: 0691158169

ISBN-13: 9780691158167

Edition: 2011

Authors: Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis

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Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply by far-sighted self-interest or a desire to help close genealogical kin.InA Cooperative Species, Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis--pioneers in the new experimental and evolutionary science of human behavior--show that the central issue is not why selfish people act generously, but instead how genetic and cultural evolution has produced a species in which substantial numbers make sacrifices to uphold ethical norms and to help even total…

Book details

Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.88" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English