PURPOSE IN CO‐OPERATION

Abstract

Man, although generally described as a social animal, is not particularly well equipped for co‐operating with his fellows. Co‐operation implies willingness to surrender some freedom of action in order to promote the common good of the group, and although we exhibit this kind of behaviour throughout our lives, we do so only in response to pressures which are such that any other form of conduct would be intolerable.

Citation

ANTHONY, L.J. (1969), "PURPOSE IN CO‐OPERATION", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 21 No. 11, pp. 454-466. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050216