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The altruistic brain : how we are naturally good /
Since the beginning of recorded history, law and religion have provided "rules" that define good behavior. When we obey such rules, we assign to some external authority the capacity to determine how we should act. Even anarchists recognize the existence of a choice as to whether or not to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Evidence for altruistic brain theory. The biological/evolutionary roots 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 ethical decision is made
- New neuroscience research : the theory's link to an ethical universal
- Part 2. Improving performance of the moral brain : removing obstacles to good behavior. 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.