The virtue of human universals and cooperation: a review essay of Matt Ridley's The Origins of Virtue

Lívia Markóczy and Jeff Goldberg
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Lívia Markóczy: Cranfield University, UK, Postal: Cranfield University, UK
Jeff Goldberg: Cranfield University, UK, Postal: Cranfield University, UK

Managerial and Decision Economics, 1997, vol. 18, issue 5, 399-411

Abstract: In reviewing Matt Ridley's The Origins of Virtue we do five things. (1) We discuss and challenge the basic assumptions of the Standard Social Sciences Model which permeates management scholarship. (2) We present some alternatives to this model, particularly evolutionary psychology. (3) We look at how these alternatives provide a framework for understanding cooperation. (4) We enumerate some of the difficulties (both real and imaginary) with evolutionary psychology. (5) Finally, we suggest that management scholars work more closely with scholars from the many other disciplines that are developing solid theories of cooperation. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1468(199708)18:5<399::AID-MDE836>3.0.CO;2-H

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