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Altruism & altruistic love : science, philosophy, & religion in dialogue / edited by Stephen G. Post [and others].

Contributor(s): Post, Stephen Garrard, 1951-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002Description: xvi, 500 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195143582 (acidfree paper); 0195146689 (pbk. : alk. paper)Other title: Altruism and altruistic loveSubject(s): AltruismDDC classification: 171/.8 LOC classification: BJ1474 | .A472 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1: Definitions. Introduction to Part I / Stephen G. Post -- The ABCs of altruism / Elliott Sober -- Pythagorean bodies and the body of altruism / Edith Wyschogrod -- Morality, altruism, and love / Jerome Kagan -- The tradition of agape / Stephen G. Post -- Conclusion to Part I / Stephen G. Post -- Pt. 2: Human motivation and action. Introduction to Part II / Lynn G. Underwood -- Addressing the altruism question experimentally / C. Daniel Batson -- Explicating altruism / Kristen Renwick Monroe -- Extraordinary acts of ordinary people: faces of heroism and altruism / Samuel P. Oliner -- Conclusion to Part II / Lynn G. Underwood -- Pt. 3: Evolutionary biology. Introduction to Part III / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- A Darwinian naturalist's perspective on altruism / Michael Ruse -- Relating self, others, and sacrifice in the ordering of love / Stephen J. Pope -- The fall and rise and fall and rise and fall and rise of altruism in evolutionary biology / David Sloan Wilson and Elliott Sober -- Some obstacles to altruism / Melvin Konner -- Emerging accounts of altruism: "love creation's final law"? / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Conclusion to Part III / Jeffrey P. Schloss --
Pt. 4: The science of altruism. Introduction to Part IV / William B. Hurlbut -- Implications for the neurobiology of love / Thomas R. Insel -- A note on the neurobiology of emotions / Antonio R. Damasio -- Impairment of interpersonal social behavior caused by acquired brain damage / Hanna Damasio -- The communication of emotions and the possibility of empathy in animals / Stephanie D. Preston and Frans B. M. de Waal -- Empathy, evolution, and altruism / William B. Hurlbut -- Conclusion to Part IV / William B. Hurlbut -- Pt. 5: Religion. Introduction to part V / Stephen G. Post -- Science and religion on the nature of love / Don S. Browning -- Separation, attachment, and altruistic love: the evolutionary basis for medical caring / Gregory L. Fricchione -- Compassion out of wisdom: Buddhist perspectives from the past toward the human future / Ruben L. F. Habito -- Conclusion to part V / Stephen G. Post -- Concluding summary: future research needs on altruism and altruistic love / Stephen G. Post and Lynn G. Underwood -- Annotated bibliography: research on personality and individual differences in altruism / Shelley Dean Kilpatrick and Michael E. McCullough.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BJ1474 .A472 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902330568

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1: Definitions. Introduction to Part I / Stephen G. Post -- The ABCs of altruism / Elliott Sober -- Pythagorean bodies and the body of altruism / Edith Wyschogrod -- Morality, altruism, and love / Jerome Kagan -- The tradition of agape / Stephen G. Post -- Conclusion to Part I / Stephen G. Post -- Pt. 2: Human motivation and action. Introduction to Part II / Lynn G. Underwood -- Addressing the altruism question experimentally / C. Daniel Batson -- Explicating altruism / Kristen Renwick Monroe -- Extraordinary acts of ordinary people: faces of heroism and altruism / Samuel P. Oliner -- Conclusion to Part II / Lynn G. Underwood -- Pt. 3: Evolutionary biology. Introduction to Part III / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- A Darwinian naturalist's perspective on altruism / Michael Ruse -- Relating self, others, and sacrifice in the ordering of love / Stephen J. Pope -- The fall and rise and fall and rise and fall and rise of altruism in evolutionary biology / David Sloan Wilson and Elliott Sober -- Some obstacles to altruism / Melvin Konner -- Emerging accounts of altruism: "love creation's final law"? / Jeffrey P. Schloss -- Conclusion to Part III / Jeffrey P. Schloss --

Pt. 4: The science of altruism. Introduction to Part IV / William B. Hurlbut -- Implications for the neurobiology of love / Thomas R. Insel -- A note on the neurobiology of emotions / Antonio R. Damasio -- Impairment of interpersonal social behavior caused by acquired brain damage / Hanna Damasio -- The communication of emotions and the possibility of empathy in animals / Stephanie D. Preston and Frans B. M. de Waal -- Empathy, evolution, and altruism / William B. Hurlbut -- Conclusion to Part IV / William B. Hurlbut -- Pt. 5: Religion. Introduction to part V / Stephen G. Post -- Science and religion on the nature of love / Don S. Browning -- Separation, attachment, and altruistic love: the evolutionary basis for medical caring / Gregory L. Fricchione -- Compassion out of wisdom: Buddhist perspectives from the past toward the human future / Ruben L. F. Habito -- Conclusion to part V / Stephen G. Post -- Concluding summary: future research needs on altruism and altruistic love / Stephen G. Post and Lynn G. Underwood -- Annotated bibliography: research on personality and individual differences in altruism / Shelley Dean Kilpatrick and Michael E. McCullough.

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