Arguing Quote by David Wong

The basis of social relationships is reciprocity: if you cooperate with others, others will cooperate with you.

— Carroll Quigley

COOPERATION means to be willing to sacrifice for the sake of others

— Radhanath Swami

Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.

— Jonathan Haidt

Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.

— Milton Friedman

“Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition.”

— Bryant McGill

“Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are less likely…

— Anne-Marie Slaughter

“Studies show that receiving generosity and kindness increases the likelihood of extending generosity to others. And kindness is likely to play an important role…

— Tina Hallis

“Cooperation’ sounds very altruistic, but is not always voluntary and seldom egalitarian. Most human cooperation networks have been geared towards oppression and exploitation. The…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Be warned that if you wish, as I do, to build a society in which individuals cooperate generously and unselfishly towards a common good,…

— Richard Dawkins

Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope and, therefore, what might be described as 'solidarity.'

— David Blunkett

Cooperation is the redeeming ability of man to be better than himself.

— Wes Fesler

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to be very…

— Robert Nozick