The Battle for Compassion : Ethics in an Apathetic Universe.

Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leighton, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., 2011.
Temas:
Compassion.
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Morale évolutive.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Interpersonal Relations.
Compassion
Ethics, Evolutionary
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Ethics.
Etik.
Sympati.
Empati.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • 1. Prologue
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. A Step Back
  • 4. Blueprint for a Brain
  • 5. Subjective Experience: The Hidden Side of Reality
  • 6. Determinism: The Universe's Marionette Show
  • 7. The Illusion of Distinct Individual Identity
  • 8. What Matters?
  • 9. Avoiding the Abyss
  • 10. Satisfaction
  • 11. Preserving Life
  • 12. In Search of an Ethical Anchor
  • 13. Where We Are Headed
  • 14. As Good as It Can Get
  • 15. Down to Earth
  • 16. Making an Impact: Globally Entrenching Compassion
  • 17. Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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