The Limits of Altruism
Author : Garrett Hardin
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Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Nature
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Author : Garrett Hardin
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,39 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Nature
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Author : Tim Dartington
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Michele Goodwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107355087
Black and gray markets for body parts are illegal, but also pioneering and inventive. Although this type of criminal activity requires dexterity and innovation, these markets thrive and flourish, sometimes in view of law. On the other hand, altruistic procurement is mired by low participation, which encourages black market transactions. Thousands of patients die each year waiting for an organ or bone marrow donation through the altruistic procurement system, so some turn to the dark side. This book offers a frank discussion of altruism in the global body market. It exposes how researchers exploit their patients' ignorance to harvest tissue samples, blood, and other biologics without consent, chronicles exploitation in the name of altruism, including the non-consensual use of children in dangerous clinical trials, and analyzes social and legal commitments to the value of altruism - offering an important critique of the vulnerability of altruism to corruption, coercion, pressure, and other negative externalities.
Author : Matthew Robert Christ
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1107029775
Examines the behavior of Athenians in the classical period, arguing that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens.
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Page : 102 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 1986
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Author : Stefan Klein
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 27,83 MB
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1925113337
The phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ conjures an image of the most cutthroat individuals rising to the top. But Stefan Klein, author of the international bestseller The Science of Happiness, makes the startling assertion that the key to achieving lasting personal and societal success lies in helping others. Klein argues that altruism is in fact our defining characteristic: natural selection favoured those early humans who cooperated in groups. With their survival more assured, our altruistic ancestors were free to devote brainpower to developing intelligence, language, and culture — our very humanity. As Klein puts it, ‘We humans became first the friendliest and then the most intelligent apes.’ To build his persuasive case for how altruistic behaviour made us human — and why it pays to get along — Klein brings together an extraordinary array of material: current research on genetics and the brain, economics, social psychology, behavioural and anthropological experiments, history, and modern culture. Ultimately, his groundbreaking findings lead him to a vexing question: if we’re really hard-wired to act for one another’s benefit, why aren’t we all getting along? Klein believes we’ve learned to mistrust our generous instincts because success is so often attributed to selfish ambition. In Survival of the Nicest, he invites us to rethink what it means to be the ‘fittest’ as he shows how caring for others can protect us from loneliness and depression, make us happier and healthier, reward us economically, and even extend our lives.
Author : Joan Halifax
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Page : 301 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2018-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1250101344
"[This book is] an ... examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience"--Amazon.com.
Author : Eckhart Arnold
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3110327570
Employing computer simulations for the study of the evolution of altruism has been popular since Axelrod's book „The Evolution of Cooperation“. But have the myriads of simulation studies that followed in Axelrod's footsteps really increased our knowledge about the evolution of altruism or cooperation? This book examines in detail the working mechanisms of simulation based evolutionary explanations of altruism. It shows that the „theoretical insights“ that can be derived from simulation studies are often quite arbitrary and of little use for the empirical research. In the final chapter of the book, therefore, a set of epistemological requirements for computer simulations is proposed and recommendations for the proper research design of simulation studies are made.
Author : Donald W. Pfaff
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 32,8 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0199377464
"Unlike any other study in its field, The Altruistic Brain synthesizes into one theory the most important research into how and why - by purely physical mechanisms - humans empathize with one another and respond altruistically."--Jacket.
Author : Tim Dartington
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Page : 102 pages
File Size : 21,43 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Altruism
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