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The Altruistic Brain : How We Are Naturally Good.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (313 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199377473
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Altruistic BrainDDC classification:
  • 612.823
LOC classification:
  • BF637.H4 -- .P434 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Altruistic Brain -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part ONE Evidence for Altruistic Brain Theory -- 1 The Biological/Evolutionary Roots of Altruism -- 2 Altruistic Brain Theory Introduced -- 3 Primary Neuroscience Research Underlying Each Step of Altruistic Brain Theory -- 4 Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms that Promote Prosocial Behaviors Once the Ethical Decision Is Made -- 5 New Neuroscience Research: The Theory's Link to An Ethical Universal -- Part TWO Improving Performance of the Moral Brain: REMOVING OBSTACLES TO GOOD BEHAVIOR -- 6 How Altruistic Brain Theory Changes Our Perceptions of Ourselves and of Altruism -- 7 Why the Altruistic Brain Matters: Its Significance to Addressing Individuals' Bad Behavior -- 8 Multiplier Effect: From Bad to Worse in a Social Setting -- 9 No Easy Answers . . . But No Pessimism Either -- Index.
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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Cover -- The Altruistic Brain -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part ONE Evidence for Altruistic Brain Theory -- 1 The Biological/Evolutionary Roots of Altruism -- 2 Altruistic Brain Theory Introduced -- 3 Primary Neuroscience Research Underlying Each Step of Altruistic Brain Theory -- 4 Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms that Promote Prosocial Behaviors Once the Ethical Decision Is Made -- 5 New Neuroscience Research: The Theory's Link to An Ethical Universal -- Part TWO Improving Performance of the Moral Brain: REMOVING OBSTACLES TO GOOD BEHAVIOR -- 6 How Altruistic Brain Theory Changes Our Perceptions of Ourselves and of Altruism -- 7 Why the Altruistic Brain Matters: Its Significance to Addressing Individuals' Bad Behavior -- 8 Multiplier Effect: From Bad to Worse in a Social Setting -- 9 No Easy Answers . . . But No Pessimism Either -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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