This is a review by Sissela Bok of a fascinating new book on the possible biological origins of altruism. Bok, the daughter of Swedish parliamentarian and Nobel peace prize winner Alva Myrdal (and Nobel economics prize winner Gunnar Myrdal), wrote the forward to the only authorized American edition of Ghandi’s autobiography. Her current research at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies focuses on happiness in culture and neuroscience. The link is here.