Title Does altruism exist? : culture, genes, and the welfare of others / David Sloan Wilson.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press ; [West Conshohocken, PA] : Templeton Press, [2014]
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Description	1 online resource (x, 180 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Foundational questions in science
	Foundational questions in science.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-171) and index.
Contents	Introduction : Altruism and evolution -- Groups that work -- How altrusim evolves -- Equivalence -- From nonhumans to humans -- Psychological altruism -- Altruism and religion -- Altruism and economics -- Altruism in everyday life -- Pathological altrusim -- Planetary altruism.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Argues that altruism is an inherent factor of group functionality and discusses how studying group function can promote positive changes to the human condition.
Subject	Altruism.
	Evolution (Biology)
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
	Human evolution -- Philosophy.
	Evolutionary psychology.
	Social evolution.
	Behavior evolution.
	PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
	Altruism. (OCoLC)fst00806239
	Behavior evolution. (OCoLC)fst00829910
	Evolution (Biology) (OCoLC)fst00917302
	Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00917312
	Evolutionary psychology. (OCoLC)fst00917348
	Human evolution -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst00963034
	Social evolution. (OCoLC)fst01122456
	Altruism.
	Beneficence.
	Biological Evolution.
	Adaptation, Psychological.
	Behavior.
	Sociological Factors.
	Altruismus.
	Evolutionsbiologie.
	Philosophie.
	Altruismus. (DE-601)105711012
	Evolutionsbiologie. (DE-601)105532088
	Philosophie. (DE-601)106200259
	Altruism.
	Evolution (biologi)
	Evolution (biologi) -- teori, filosofi.
	Människans utveckling -- teori, filosofi.
	Evolutionspsykologi.
	Social evolution.
Other Form:	Print version: Wilson, David Sloan. Does altruism exist? 0300189494 (OCoLC)877369730
ISBN	9780300206753 (electronic book)
	0300206755 (electronic book)

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