The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation By Matt Ridley

Ridley started off well, but didn't quite manage to pull me along all the way. I have no problem with sociobiological tough mindedness, in fact I'm all for it, as dynamite under moral philosophical silliness about categorical moral imperatives and objective moral Matt Ridley Matt Ridley intelligently mixes a cascade of infomation, with a sound arguement and structure to defend the existence of our society, morals and groupishness in light of the selfish gene arguement. A must read for anyone interested in economy, biology and philosophy! Matt Ridley This is a wonderful book. Ridley is an engaging writer and his book is hard to put down. The content and presentation are flawless. For other interesting books on evolutionary psychology, I also recommend The Moral Animal and Survival of the Prettiest. Matt Ridley Matt Ridley ist ein Wissenschaftler und Autor der in die Tiefe geht, und doch das Thema in einfache Sprache übersetzt. Hat mit sehr gut gefallen. Matt Ridley It finally says trust is the foundation of virtue. To reach this conclusion, we are taken along an amazing journey of the human mind and instincts and so much else.It’s a wow from my side! Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley's Origins of Virtue is one among many recently published books on evolutionary psychology and it's one of the very best. What distinguishes Ridley's book from the pack is his explicit grappling with the question: What does the fact that human moral Matt Ridley Matt Ridley nicely demonstrates here that there is no such thing as virtue and that altruism is an oxymoron. Instead it is all reciprocity and enlightened self interest. This reminds me of when I was a sopho in college. We used to argue passionately about three Matt Ridley Since Mandeville's Fable of the Bees (Aesop, even) it has been customary to seek moral enlightenment from the behavior of certain animals. Gregarious insects such as ants, termites, bees and wasps have always been invoked in the support of everything from collectivist Matt Ridley The Origins of Virtue: Matt Ridley 1996. MR wrote The Red Queen a brilliant popular book on why sex?. In this book he tackles cooperation, brilliantly. MR is a writer, but also a D.Phil Oxon Zoology. Kropotkin opens the book, Matt Ridley I have to say, I did not expect to like this book at all. A book that takes on such familiar themes as the selfish gene theory, but cooperation, competition, and gossip is fine, but this book goes into economics, politics (conservative and liberal) , human history, the Matt Ridley

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