The Irish Times

If people are naturally kind, why is there so much cruelty?

Unthinkable: Evolutionary biology suggests our natural instinct is to be nice

Thu May 27 2021 - 05:00

Acts of neighbourliness, solidarity and self-sacrifice portray people to be mainly good

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 01:00

Human beings’ friendliness and humility help us survive – but also make us dangerous

Sat May 23 2020 - 06:00

On one island the shipwrecked behaved well. On the other they ate their shipmate

Fri May 22 2020 - 06:01

Account of teenagers who survived on desert island for 15 months prompts ‘bombardment’

Tue May 19 2020 - 07:19

Staid panels have been disrupted by agenda-free events, but freedom comes with risks

Sun Apr 14 2019 - 13:39

Rutger Bregman is part of a wave of young thinkers rejecting prevailing economic dogma

Sat Mar 16 2019 - 05:36