Altruism and Altruistic Love

Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-514358-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 163 mm, Gewicht: 973 g

The concept of altruism, or disinterested concern for another's welfare, has been discussed by everyone from theologians to psychologists to biologists. In this book, evolutionary, neurological, developmental, psychological, social, cultural, and religious aspects of altruistic behavior are examined. It is a collaborative examination of one of humanity's essential and defining characteristics by renowned researchers from various disciplines. Their integrative dialogue illustrates that altruistic behavior is a significant mode of expression that can be studied by various scholarly methods and understood from a variety of perspectives in both the humanities and the sciences. Altruism and Altruistic Love establishes a framework for scholarship on altruism by presenting definitions, a historical overview, a review of contemporary research, and debates in various disciplines, as well as a discussion of directions for future work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Post, Stephen G.

Underwood, Lynn G.

Schloss, Jeffrey P.

Hurlbut, William B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part 1: Definitions

- 1: The ABCs of Altruism

- 2: Pythagorean Bodies and the Body of Altruism

- 3: Morality, Altruism and Love

- 4: The Tradition of Agape

- Part 2: Human Motivation and Action

- 5: The Human Experience of Compassionate Love: Conceptual Mapping and Data from Selected Studies

- 6: Addressing the Altruism Question Experimentally

- 7: Explicating Altruism

- 8: Extraordinary Acts of Ordinary People: Faces of Heroism and Altruism

- Part 3: Evolutionary Biology

- 9: A Darwinian Naturalist's Perspective on Altruism

- 10: Relating Self, Others, and Sacrifice in the Ordering of Love

- 11: The Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall and Rise of Altruism in Evolutionary Biology

- 12: Some Obstacles to Altruism

- 13: Emerging Accounts of Altruism: "Love Creation's Final Law"?

- Part 4: The Science of Altruism

- 14: Implications for the Neurobiology of Love

- 15: A Note on the Neurobiology of Emotion

- 16: Impairment of Interpersonal Social Behavior Caused by Acquired Brain Damage

- 17: The Communication of Emotions and the Possibility of Empathy in Animals

- 18: Empathy, Evolution and Altruism

- Part 5: Religion

- 19: Science and Religion on the Nature of Love

- 20: Separation, Attachment, and Altruistic Love: The Evolutionary Basis for Medical Caring

- 21: Compassion out of Wisdom: Buddhist Perspectives from the Past toward the Human Future