| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The biological/evolutionary role of altruism -- Altruistic brain theory introduced -- Primary neuroscience research underlying each step of altruistic brain theory -- Neural and hormonal mechanisms that promote prosocial behaviors once the moral decision is made -- New neuroscience research : the theory's link to an ethical universal -- How altruistic brain theory changes our perceptions of ourselves and of altruism -- Why the altruistic brain matters: its significance to addressing individuals' bad behavior -- Multiplier effect : from bad to worse in a social setting -- No easy answers ... but no pessimism either. |
| Summary |
The Altruistic Brain uses language accessible to non-scientists so as to present an elegant theory of how human beings are "wired" to produce altruistic behavior in the first instance. That is, it argues that unprompted, spontaneous kindness is a default behavior that comes naturally to human beings on account of evolution, irrespective of religious or cultural determinants in that direction. |
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Altruism.
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Brain -- Physiology.
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Behavior -- physiology.
(DNLM)D001519Q000502
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Biological Evolution. (DNLM)D005075
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Altruism. (OCoLC)fst00806239
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Brain -- Physiology.
(OCoLC)fst00837651
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pfaff, Donald W., 1939- Altruistic brain 9780199377466 (DLC) 2014012452 (OCoLC)875629963 |
| ISBN |
9780199377473 (electronic bk.) |
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0199377472 (electronic bk.) |
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