Prima Facie: A book of psychaotic* essays

Filled with more than eighty compelling and often humorous essays, Prima Facie explores a wide array of subjects-human nature, free will, war, evolution, religion, political correctness, death and taxes. Author Richard Thomas reflects on these subjects and his own life to determine why people act the way they do.

Thomas proposes three laws to explain human behavior:

• Reciprocity. This law states that everyone should have an equivalent exchange of goods for services rendered. We all want fa...