A powerful treatise that demonstrates the existence of altruism in nature, with
surprising implications for human society Does altruism exist? Or is human natur
e entirely selfish? In this eloquent and accessible book, famed biologist David
Sloan Wilson provides new answers to this age-old question based on the latest d
evelopments in evolutionary science. From an evolutionary viewpoint, Wilson argu
es, altruism is inextricably linked to the functional organization of groups. "G
roups that work" undeniably exist in nature and human society, although special
conditions are required for their evolution.
