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Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative. That is the paradox this book has tried to explain. Human beings have social instincts. They come into the world equipped with predispositions to learn how to cooperate, to discriminate the trustworthy from the treacherous, to commit themselves to be trustworthy, to earn good reputations, to exchange goods and information, and to divide labour.
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― The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
― The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
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With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing.
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― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
― Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
