Invisible Rivals: How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World

A multidisciplinary view of how our competitive and cooperative natures make us human

For centuries, people have argued about whether humans are moral animals—good or bad, cooperative or competitive, altruistic or selfish. The debates continue today, dressed up in the language of modern science. In this book, Jonathan R. Goodman makes the case for synthesizing the two sides. Drawing on insights from anthropology, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, he argues that rather than being fundam...