The altruistic brain : how we are naturally good / Donald W. Pfaff, PhD , with Sandra Sherman.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]Description: ix, 295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199377466 (alk. paper)
- 155.2/32 23
- BF637.H4 P49 2015
- WL 337
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Evidence for altruistic brain theory. The biological/evolutionary roots of altruism -- Altruistic brain theory introduced -- Primary neuroscience research underlying each step of altruistic brain theory -- Neural and hormonal mechanisms that promote prosocial behaviors once the ethical decision is made -- New neuroscience research : the theory's link to an ethical universal -- Part 2. Improving performance of the moral brain : removing obstacles to good behavior. How altruistic brain theory changes our perceptions of ourselves and of altruism -- Why the altruistic brain matters : its significance to addressing individuals' bad behavior -- Multiplier effect : from bad to worse in a social setting -- No easy answers ... but no pessimism either.