A scientific search for altruism : do we care only about ourselves? / C. Daniel Batson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batson, C. Daniel (Charles Daniel), 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Altruism.

Egoism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

'A Scientific Search for Altruism' provides an example of how the scientific method can be used to address a fundamental question about human nature.

Contents:

1 An Unsettling Surprise

I Starting the Search: 2 What We’re Looking For

3 How to Find It

4 The Prime Suspect

II More Suspects: 5 Avoiding Shame and Guilt

6 Pursuing Pride

7 One Way to Feel Better

8 The Pleasure of Empathic Joy

III Three New Possibilities: 9 A Gang

10 Self–Other Merging

11 Premature Release of the Prime

IV Facing the Consequences: 12 How Can It Be?

13 Some Good News

14 Some Bad

15 After the Fall

Acknowledgments

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references pages( [275]-292) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-065139-3

0-19-065140-7

0-19-065138-5

OCLC:

1057665599