The Altruistic Brain : How We Are Naturally Good.
Pfaff, Donald W.
The Altruistic Brain : How We Are Naturally Good. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (313 pages)
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.
9780199377473
Altruism.
Electronic books.
BF637.H4 -- .P434 2015eb
612.823
The Altruistic Brain : How We Are Naturally Good. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (313 pages)
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.
9780199377473
Altruism.
Electronic books.
BF637.H4 -- .P434 2015eb
612.823