| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
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 Economics, experts consider these questions alongside the Dalai Lama in a wide-ranging, scientific-based discussion on economics and altruism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213). |
| Contents |
Foreword / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction: Toward a caring economics / Tania Singer, Matthieu Ricard, and Diego Hangartner -- The egoism-altruism debate : a psychological perspective / Daniel Batson -- Empathy and the interoceptive cortex / Tania Singer -- The neural bases of compassion / Richard Davidson - A Buddhist perspective on altruism / Matthieu Ricard -- Biological imperatives for survival : altruism reconsidered / Joan Silk -- The social dilemma experiment / Ernst Fehr -- First thoughts toward a Buddhist economics / John Dunne -- The economics of happiness / Richard Layard -- Why people give to charity / William Harbaugh -- Altruistic punishment and the creation of public goods / Ernst Fehr -- Profit with a purpose / Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter -- What can microfinance do? / Arthur Vayloyan -- The barefoot college / Sanjit "Bunker" Roy -- Compassionate leadership / William George -- Conclusion: Compassion is not a luxury / moderator, Joan Halifax. |
| Subject |
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Economics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Altruism -- Economic aspects.
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Compassion -- Economic aspects.
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| Added Author |
Singer, Tania, editor.
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Ricard, Matthieu, editor.
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Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- author of foreword.
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| ISBN |
1250064120 (hardcover) |
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9781250064127 (hardcover) |
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