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On behalf of others : the psychology of care in a global world
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Series in political psychology.
- Series in political psychology On behalf of others
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 303 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- On behalf of others
- Series in political psychology
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'On Behalf of Others' offers both a theoretical and empirical discussion of the psychology of ethics and care in a global world. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how political, economic, social and psychological forces interact and are mutually reinforced in a global context.
- Contents:
- Terrible beauty : globalization, consciousness, and ethics / Paul Nesbitt-Larking
- "Together but apart, equal but different" : on the claims for toleration in multicultural societies / Christian Fernández
- Multiculturalism and caring ethics / Sarah Scuzzarello
- Taking risks for others : social courage as a public virtue / Gerd Meyer
- Self-regulation of courageous bystander interventions / Kai J. Jonas
- The psychology of natural law and care / C. Fred Alford
- Empathy, prejudice, and fostering tolerance / Kristen Renwick Monroe and Maria Luisa Martinez
- Social identifications and pro-social activity in Poland / Katarzyna Hamer and Jakub Gutkowski
- Spirit of altruism? On the role of the Finnish church as a promoter of altruism of individuals and of society / Anne Birgitte Pessi
- Moral aspects of prolonged occupation : implications for an occupying society / Nimrod Rosler ... [et al.]
- Political conflict and moral reasoning in Northern Ireland / Neil Ferguson
- Expected and unexpected identity combinations in Northern Ireland : consequences for identification, threat and attitudes / Robert D. Lowe, Orla Muldoon, and Katharina Schmid
- Care and the transformative potential of ethics / Catarina Kinnvall, Kristen Renwick Monroe, and Sarah Scuzzarello.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780199864669 (ebook) :
- 0199864667 (ebook) :
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