Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue

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Oxford University Press, 28 мар. 2002 г.
The concept of altruism, or disinterested concern for another's welfare, has been discussed by everyone from theologians to psychologists to biologists. In this cutting edge book, evolutionary, neurological, developmental, psychological, social, cultural, and religious aspects of altruistic behavior are examined by renowned researchers. The result is a collaborative and provocative look at one of humanity's essential and defining characteristics.

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General Introduction
3
Introduction to Part I
15
Pythagorean Bodies and the Body of Altruism
29
Morality Altruism and Love
40
The Tradition of Agape
51
Conclusion to Part I
65
Conceptual Mapping
72
Addressing the Altruism Question Experimentally
89
Introduction to Part IV
249
A Note on the Neurobiology of Emotions
264
Impairment of Interpersonal Social Behavior Caused
271
The Communication of Emotions and the Possibility
284
Empathy Evolution and Altruism
309
Conclusion to Part IV
328
Science and Religion on the Nature of Love
335
The Evolutionary
346

Explicating Altruism
106
Faces of Heroism
123
Conclusion to Part II
140
Introduction to Part III
145
A Darwinian Naturalists Perspective on Altruism
151
Buddhist Perspectives from the Past
362
Conclusion to Part V
376
References
475
Index
491
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Стр. 213 - And he, shall he, Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law — Tho...
Стр. 193 - There is grandeur in this view of life with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 251 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Стр. 204 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Стр. 193 - Thus from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.
Стр. 377 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Стр. 204 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
Стр. 24 - It must not be forgotten that although a high standard of morality gives but a slight or no advantage to each individual man and his children over the other men of the same tribe, yet that an increase in the number of wellendowed men and an advancement in the standard of morality will certainly give an immense advantage to one tribe over another.
Стр. 216 - Yet given a full chance to act in his own interest, nothing but expediency will restrain him from brutalizing, from maiming, from murdering — his brother, his mate, his parent, or his child. Scratch an "altruist," and watch a "hypocrite
Стр. 338 - And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.

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