Reviews for Kindness in a Cruel World: The Evolution of Altruism

The average rating for Kindness in a Cruel World: The Evolution of Altruism based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-03-05 00:00:00 Randy Melanson 'Kindness' is a competent and fairly comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of altruism. Although the logic of natural selection might indicate otherwise many acts of kindness and generosity we find throughout the natural world need be no more mysterious than more obvious aspects of form and function.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-04 00:00:00 David Saltzsieder I read this book along with 4 others about altruism. This book was written in 2004, while the others were written a decade later, and focus on the underlying neuroscience. It was hard for me to accept the scientific validity of this author's conclusion. Nonetheless, to be fair, I will reread this book , I did not absorb much of it, but, it is valuable to understand the social group expression of altruism.