The altruistic brain : how we are naturally good / Donald W. Pfaff, PhD, with Sandra Sherman.

The Altruistic Brain synthesizes all the most important research into how and why - at a purely physical level - humans empathize with one another and respond altruistically. It demonstrates that human beings are "wired" to behave altruistically in the first instance, such that unprompted, spontaneo...

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Main Author: Pfaff, Donald W., 1939- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Physical Description:ix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a 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. 
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