The Political Economy of Predation Quotes

“human beings are prone to violence when the costs of aggression are nil, and are much more peaceful when violence does not pay off. However, he (2010, chapter 4) adds that the combination of rational calculation based on self-interest and ‘strong reciprocity’ results in social trust that allows the company of strangers for individual human beings.”
― Mehrdad Vahabi, The Political Economy of Predation: Manhunting and the Economics of Escape