The good life : wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality /
Music, Graham, 1957-
The good life : wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality / Graham Music. - xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-231) and index.
Introduction -- Primed for goodness -- Attachments and helping others -- How empathy and altruism grow -- Why stress can make us nasty -- Impulsiveness, self-regulation and aggression -- Cold aggression, callousness and psychopaths -- A battle between emotion and reason? -- Hormones of cooperation and competition -- Evolved both to cooperate and compete -- Moral games -- Group-minded and narrow-minded -- Reputations, shaming, gossip and punishment -- Consumerism, society and our divided brain -- Conclusions.
150507s2014 enka b 001 0 eng c
9781848722262 (hbk.) RM 506.70 1848722265 (hbk.) 9781848722279 (pbk.) 1848722273 (pbk.)
Altruism.
Helping behavior.
Cooperativeness.
Humanity.
Altruism.
Cooperativeness.
Helping behavior.
Humanity.
The good life : wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality / Graham Music. - xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-231) and index.
Introduction -- Primed for goodness -- Attachments and helping others -- How empathy and altruism grow -- Why stress can make us nasty -- Impulsiveness, self-regulation and aggression -- Cold aggression, callousness and psychopaths -- A battle between emotion and reason? -- Hormones of cooperation and competition -- Evolved both to cooperate and compete -- Moral games -- Group-minded and narrow-minded -- Reputations, shaming, gossip and punishment -- Consumerism, society and our divided brain -- Conclusions.
150507s2014 enka b 001 0 eng c
9781848722262 (hbk.) RM 506.70 1848722265 (hbk.) 9781848722279 (pbk.) 1848722273 (pbk.)
Altruism.
Helping behavior.
Cooperativeness.
Humanity.
Altruism.
Cooperativeness.
Helping behavior.
Humanity.