Moral sense and material interests.(human nature) From: Social Research | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Gintis, Herbert | COPYRIGHT 2006 New School for Social Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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THE SUCCESS OF HOMO SAPIENS, AS MEASURED BY ITS RAPID POPULATION growth and its inexorable spread over the face of the earth in the past 10,000 years, is based on the ability of humans to cooperate effectively in large groups with unrelated others. * What aspect of the human constitution is responsible for this ability?.

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