The Origins of Virtue

Penguin, 1996. Cover may differ from that shown. Creased spine, signs of secondhand wear to cover, foxing and yellowing to page edges.

In this follow-up and companion to The Red Queen, Matt Ridley looks at co-operation and competition, both in animals and in our own species from the same basis in current biology in evolutionary psychology. It is an investigation into human nature, economics, trade, religion and war.