The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity

In The Moral Molecule Professor Paul Zak proves that a single molecule accounts for why some people give freely of themselves and others are coldhearted, why some people cheat and steal and others you can trust with your life, why some husbands are more faithful than others, and why women tend to be more generous—not to mention nicer—than men. Oxytocin is that molecule. Sometimes called the love or “cuddle” hormone because it causes mothers to care for offspring, this chemical messenger is,...