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Moral origins
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Christopher Boehm |
From the age of Darwin to the present day, biologists have been grappling with the origins of our moral sense. Why, if the human instinct to survive and reproduce is "selfish," do people engage in se… |
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The organ donor experience
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Katrina Bramstedt |
"Organ donors are, by definition, altruists, and their act is even more generous when they remain anonymous. But altruism doesn't tell the whole story. There are myriad motivations, some subconscious… |
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Give and Take
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Adam Grant,Adam M. Grant |
For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today's dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how w… |
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Explaining Altruism A Simulationbased Approach And Its Limits
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Eckhart Arnold |
"Employing computer simulations for the study of the evolution of altruism has been popular since Axelrod's book "The Evolution of Cooperation". But have the myriads of simulation studies that follow… |
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Pretty Baby
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Mary Kubica |
She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head…
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The expanding circle
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Peter Singer |
What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? For many scientists, the key lies entirely in biology---especially in … |
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Caring economics
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Tania Singer,Matthieu Ricard |
Can the hyperambitious, bottom-line-driven practices of the global economy incorporate compassion into the pursuit of wealth? Or is economics driven solely by materialism and self-interest? In Caring… |
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Hao ren hui you hao bao ma?
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Stephen Garrard Post |
Psychologists and medical researchers no longer believe that greed is good. In fact, numerous recent studies show that acts of loving, altruistic behavior lead to health, happiness, and even a longer… |
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Humankind
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Rutger Bregman |
Der Historiker Rutger Bregman setzt sich in seinem Buch mit dem Wesen des Menschen auseinander. Anders als in der westlichen Denktradition angenommen ist der Mensch nicht böse, sondern, so Bregman, i… |
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Being Me
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Yvonne Cathcart,Rosemary McCarney |
Rosie is wearing her red cape, sitting up in her thinking tree wondering what she'll be when she grows up. She's not old enough to be a pilot, or a paramedic, or a dog groomer. But she does believe t… |
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Mercy
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Paul Johnson,J. M. Dematteis |
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Exodus
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Julie Bertagna,Julie Bertangna |
It is 2099 - and the world is gradually drowning, as might Artic ice flows melt, the seas rise, and land disappears forever beneath storm-tossed waves. For 15-year-old Mara, her family and community,… |
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Caring for others
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Susan Martineau |
Covers topics such as what caring is, how to care for and help others, being a good friends and caring for our world. |
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What We Owe the Future
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William MacAskill |
Why we should organize our plans to include the well-being people 10s or even 100s of generations into the future, and how we should go about doing that kind of planning. |
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Ethics for the new millennium
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His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the XIV Dalai Lama |
In a difficult, uncertain time, it takes a person of great courage, such as the Dalai Lama, to give us hope. Regardless of the violence and cynicism we see on television and read about in the news, t… |
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Do Unto Others
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Samuel P. Oliner |
"In Do Unto Others, Holocaust survivor and sociologist Samuel Oliner explores what gives an individual a sense of social responsibility, what leads to the development of care and compassion, and what… |
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Uncommon Faith
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Trudy Krisher |
In 1837-38, residents of Millbrook, Massachusetts, speak in their different voices of major issues of their day, including women's rights, slavery, religious differences, and one fiery girl named Fai… |
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The value of helping
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Ann Donegan Johnson,Steve Pileggi |
Describes the helpful work of Harriet Tubman in aiding slaves to flee the South, in assisting the Union army during the Civil War, and in establishing homes for the old and needy after the war. |
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The Samaritan's Dilemma
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Deborah Stone |
"In this blend of political essay and reportage, political scientist Deborah Stone argues that democracy depends on altruism, not self-interest. The merchants of self-interest have divorced us from w… |
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Historicity of Nature
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Wolfhart Pannenberg |
Known as one of the most outstanding theologians of the twentieth century, Wolfhart Pannenberg is also considered a great interdisciplinary thinker. Now, essays and articles on science and theology t… |
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