The Origins of Virtue

by Matt Ridley

This book popularised the idea that cooperation can be favoured by natural selection. It remains a great read – entertaining, enjoyable and insightful

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The Origins of Virtue

by Matt Ridley

Other books by Matt Ridley

The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley

Francis Crick by Matt Ridley

Nature Via Nurture by Matt Ridley

Genome by Matt Ridley

Our most recommended books

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

Republic by Plato

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The Rational Optimist
by Matt Ridley

Francis Crick
by Matt Ridley

Nature Via Nurture
by Matt Ridley

Genome
by Matt Ridley

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

Republic
by Plato