Altruism in Humans
ISBN-13:
9780195341065
ISBN-10:
0195341066
Edition:
1
Author:
C. Daniel Batson
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Hardcover
336 pages
Category:
Personality
,
Psychology & Counseling
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ISBN-13:
9780195341065
ISBN-10:
0195341066
Edition:
1
Author:
C. Daniel Batson
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Hardcover
336 pages
Category:
Personality
,
Psychology & Counseling
Summary
Altruism in Humans (ISBN-13: 9780195341065 and ISBN-10: 0195341066), written by authors
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One of the "Best Books of 2011" from the Center for Optimal Adult Development
We send money to help famine victims halfway around the world. We campaign to save whales and oceans. We stay up all night to comfort a friend with a broken relationship. People will at times risk -- even lose -- their lives for others, including strangers. Why do we do these things? What motivates such behavior?
Altruism in Humans takes a hard-science look at the possibility that we humans have the capacity to care for others for their sakes rather than simply for our own. Based on an extensive series of theory-testing laboratory experiments conducted over the past 35 years, this book details a theory of altruistic motivation, offers a comprehensive summary of the research designed to test the empathy-altruism hypothesis, and considers the theoretical and practical implications of this conclusion.
Authored by the world's preeminent scholar on altruism, this landmark work is an authoritative scholarly resource on the theory surrounding altruism and its potential contribution to better interpersonal relations and a better society.
We send money to help famine victims halfway around the world. We campaign to save whales and oceans. We stay up all night to comfort a friend with a broken relationship. People will at times risk -- even lose -- their lives for others, including strangers. Why do we do these things? What motivates such behavior?
Altruism in Humans takes a hard-science look at the possibility that we humans have the capacity to care for others for their sakes rather than simply for our own. Based on an extensive series of theory-testing laboratory experiments conducted over the past 35 years, this book details a theory of altruistic motivation, offers a comprehensive summary of the research designed to test the empathy-altruism hypothesis, and considers the theoretical and practical implications of this conclusion.
Authored by the world's preeminent scholar on altruism, this landmark work is an authoritative scholarly resource on the theory surrounding altruism and its potential contribution to better interpersonal relations and a better society.
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