The study of altruism and altruistic behavior has caught the attention of social scientists especially in recent years. What motivates individuals to cultivate

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Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually

Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective provides such a scholarly overview, examining the intersection of culture and such topics as evolutionary accounts of alt