Are We Selfish, Are we Nice, or Are We Nice Because We Are Selfish?
SciencePublished 11 September 1998
Leonard Nunney
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Abstract
Unto Others The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior. Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998. 406 pp. $29.95. ISBN 0-674-93046-0. The authors of Unto Others present an evolutionary argument for unselfish behavior as the product of group selection, coupled with a "completely different" section on psychological altruism. They stress a pluralistic approach to altruism, and to levels of selection. The reviewer finds the book more focused on the debates than on the science.
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