The Origins Of Virtue

The Origins of Virtue (1997) by Matt Ridley – Penguin Books
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Matt Ridley’s The Origins of Virtue takes a crack at answering one of evolution’s most puzzling questions: why do humans, competitive by nature, cooperate so often? With a biologist’s brain and a journalist’s pen, Ridley dives into game theory, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology to explore how our moral instincts might have emerged from selfish genes. Expect clever analogies, a few smug footnotes, and references to meerkats.

This 1997 Penguin edition has just enough wear to prove it’s been around the intellectual block—maybe even used as a prop in a debate between libertarians. Pages may be yellowed, corners possibly curled, but all the insights are intact.

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