The Good Life Wellbeing and the new science of altruism selfishness and immorality 1st Edition by Graham Music ISBN 9781848722279 1848722273

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ISBN 10:  1848722273

ISBN 13: 9781848722279

Author:  Graham Music

 This book explores some of the dilemmas at the heart of being human. Integrating cutting edge studies with in-depth clinical experience, Graham Music synthesizes a wealth of fascinating research into an explanation of altruism, cooperation and generosity and shows how we are primed to turn off the ‘better angels of our nature’ in the face of stress, anxiety and fear.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. Primed for goodness

3. Attachments and helping others

4. How empathy and altruism grow

5. Why stress can make us nasty

6. Impulsiveness, self-regulation and aggression

7. Cold aggression, callousness and psychopaths

8. A battle between emotion and reason

9. Hormones of cooperation and competition

10. Evolved to both cooperate and compete

11. Moral games

12. Group minded and narrow minded

13. Reputations, shaming, gossip and punishment

14. Consumerism, society and our divided brain

15. Conclusions

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