A cooperative species : human reciprocity and its evolution / Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis.
"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...
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
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Table of Contents:
- A cooperative species
- The evolution of altruism in humans
- Social preferences
- The sociobiology of human cooperation
- Cooperative Homo economicus
- Ancestral human society
- The coevolution of institutions and behaviors
- Parochialism, altruism, and war
- The evolution of strong reciprocity
- Socialization
- Social emotions
- Conclusion : human cooperation and its evolution.