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xii, 262 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-249) and index. |
| Contents |
A cooperative species -- The evolution of altruism in humans. Preferences, beliefs, and constraints ; Social preferences and social dilemmas ; Genes, culture, groups, and institutions -- Social preferences. Strong reciprocity is common ; Free-riders undermine cooperation ; Altruistic punishment sustains cooperation ; Effective punishment depends on legitimacy ; Purely symbolic punishment is effective ; People punish those who hurt others ; Social preferences are not irrational ; Culture and institutions matter ; Behavior is conditioned on group membership ; People enjoy cooperating and punishing free-riders ; Social preferences in laboratory and natural settings ; Competing explanations -- The sociobiology of human cooperation. Inclusive fitness and human cooperation ; Modeling multi-level selection ; Equilibrium selection ; Reciprocal altruism ; Reciprocal altruism in large groups ; Reputation : indirect reciprocity ; Altruism as a signal of quality ; Positive assortment ; Mechanisms and motives -- Cooperative Homo economicus. Folk theorems and evolutionary dynamics ; The folk theorem with imperfect public information ; The folk theorem with private information ; Evolutionarily irrelevant equilibria ; Social norms and correlated equilibria ; The missing choreographer -- Ancestral human society. Cosmopolitan ancestors ; Genetic evidence ; Prehistoric warfare ; The foundations of social order ; The crucible of cooperation -- The coevolution of institutions and behaviors. Selective extinction ; Reproductive leveling ; Genetic differentiation between groups ; Deme extinction and the evolution of altruism ; The Australian laboratory ; The coevolution of institutions and altruism ; Simulating gene-culture coevolution ; Levelers and warriors -- Parochialism, altruism, and war. Parochial altruism and war ; The emergence of parochial altruism and war ; Simulated and experimental parochial altruism ; The legacy of a past "red in tooth and claw" -- The evolution of strong reciprocity. Coordinated punishment ; Altruistic punishment in a realistic demography ; The emergence of strong reciprocity ; Why coordinated punishment succeeds ; A decentralized social order -- Socialization. Cultural transmission ; Socialization and the survival of fitness-reducing norms ; Genes, culture, and the internalization of norms ; The internalized norm as hitchhiker ; The gene-culture coevolution of a fitness-reducing norm ; How can internalized norms be altruistic? ; The programmable brain -- Social emotions. Reciprocity, shame, and punishment ; The evolution of social emotions ; The "great captains of our lives" -- Human cooperation and its evolution. The origins of human cooperation ; The future of cooperation -- Appendixes. Altruism defined ; Agent-based models ; Game theory ; Dynamical systems ; The replicator dynamic ; Continuation probability and time discount factor ; Alternatives to the standing model ; The prisoner's dilemma with public and private signals ; Student and nonstudent experimental subjects ; The price equation ; Weak multi-level selection ; Cooperation and punishment with quorum sensing. |
| Summary |
This work looks at how genetic and cultural evolution has produced a species in which substantial numbers make sacrifices to uphold ethical norms and to help even total strangers. |
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Cooperation.
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Cooperativeness.
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Behavior evolution.
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Behavior evolution. (OCoLC)fst00829910
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Cooperation. (OCoLC)fst00878116
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Cooperativeness. (OCoLC)fst00878236
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| Added Author |
Gintis, Herbert.
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| ISBN |
0691158169 (paperback) |
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9780691158167 (paperback) |
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