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SuperCooperators: altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed (review)

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorJoint Publication Board of Zygon, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:34:08Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:34:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionThis is an electronic version of an article published in Zygon®: Journal of Religion and Science.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 1005).
dc.description.abstractMartin Nowak hopes by mathematical analysis to show that evolution generates Super-cooperators. Personal anecdotes here undermine his fundamental claim that everything and anything that happens in the universe is the consequence of universal logic acting on universal rules. Nowak presents "the bright side of biology," the importance of cooperation in evolution. He thinks the long-term and ongoing results may be open. "Cooperation comes and goes, waxes and wanes. It has to be reborn in endless cycles." Although his account might show the natural history of how cooperation evolved, it is powerless to explain how a universal ethic could be produced or kept in place, as promoted, for example, by Good Samaritans, who share both compassion and their creeds, so that there is no differential genetic benefit.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, Review, SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed by Martin A. Nowak, with Roger Highfield, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 46, no. 4 (December 2011): 1003-1005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01219.x
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01219.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/48099
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofScience & Religion: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectNowak, Martin
dc.subjectmathematics
dc.subjectmathematical biology
dc.subjectcooperation
dc.subjectevolution
dc.subjectaltruism
dc.subjectGood Samaritan
dc.subjectethics
dc.titleSuperCooperators: altruism, evolution, and why we need each other to succeed (review)
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