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Compassionate Instinct The Science of Human Goodness

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ISBN-10: 0393337286

ISBN-13: 9780393337280

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jason Marsh, Jeremy Adam Smith, Jeremy Adam Smith

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List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.19" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Jason Marsh is an editor of Greater Good magazine. He lives in Berkeley, CA.

Contributors
The Scientific Roots of Human Goodness
Introduction
The Compassionate Instinct
The Evolution of Empathy
Peace among Primates
Hope on the Battlefield
Political Primates
The Forgiveness Instinct
The New Science of Forgiveness
Brain Trust
Pay It Forward
Wired to Be Inspired
How To Cultivate Goodness In Relationships With Friends, Family, Coworkers, and Neighbors
Introduction
Feeling Like Partners
Love, Honor, and Thank
Stumbling toward Gratitude
The Choice to Forgive
Compassion across Cubicles
Are You a Jerk at Work?
A Feeling for Fiction
A Different View
Can I Trust You? A Conversation between Paul Ekman and His Daughter Eve
Hot to Help
How To Cultivate Goodness in Society and Politics
Introduction
We Are All Bystanders
The Cost of Apathy: An Interview with Robert Reich
The Activism Cure
America's Trust Fall
The Power Paradox
Edible Ethics: An Interview with Michael Pollan
The Hot Spot
In Search of the Moral Voice
Making Peace through Apology
Truth + Reconciliation
Why Is There Peace?
The Morality of Global Giving: An Interview with Jan Egeland
Global Compassion: A Conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman
The Heroine with One Thousand Faces
The Banality of Heroism
Illustration Credits
Index