The Origins Of Virtue

A few weeks ago I picked up a copy of Matt Ridley’s The Origins of Virtue at a second-hand bookstore, (never give a gene-centric a royalty, I always say!) but I must say that it is well-written, interesting, loaded with facts without being tedious, and worthy of a royalty. It’s worthwhile because it is an honest attempt (in the main) at tackling issues of evolution that deserve to be tackled. The very issues I have covered in my articles here in fact, and there’s a reason for that. The Origins of Virtue is largely a critique and extension of Peter Kropotkin’s Mutual  Aid – A Factor in Evolution, the book that inspired my interest in evolution. read more

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