Ebook: Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World

Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Epigraph; Introduction; I: What Is Altruism?; 1. The Nature of Altruism; 2. Extending Altruism; 3. What Is Empathy?; 4. From Empathy to Compassion in a Neuroscience Laboratory; 5. Love, Supreme Emotion; 6. The Accomplishment of a Twofold Benefit, Our Own and Others'; 7. Self-Interested Altruism and Generalized Reciprocity; 8. Selfless Altruism; 9. The Banality of Good; 10. Altruistic Heroism; 11. Unconditional Altruism; 12. Beyond Imitations, True Altruism: An Experimental Investigation; 13. The Philosophical Arguments Against Universal Selfishness