The heart of altruism :: perceptions of a common humanity /

Is all human behavior based on self-interest? Many social and biological theories would argue so, but such a perspective does not explain the many truly heroic acts committed by people willing to risk their lives to help others. In The Heart of Altruism, Kristen Renwick Monroe boldly lays the ground...

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1. Verfasser: Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1996.
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Zusammenfassung:Is all human behavior based on self-interest? Many social and biological theories would argue so, but such a perspective does not explain the many truly heroic acts committed by people willing to risk their lives to help others. In The Heart of Altruism, Kristen Renwick Monroe boldly lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves: from Otto, a German businessman who rescued over a hundred Jews in Nazi Germany, to Lucille, a newspaper poetry editor, who, armed with her cane, saved a young girl who was being raped. Mo.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 292 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index.
ISBN:1400812739
9781400812738
0691043558
9780691043555
9781400821921
1400821924
9786612457791
6612457791
1282457799
9781282457799