The good life : wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality /
Music, Graham,1957-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-231) and index.
Introduction -- Primed for goodness -- Attachments and helping others -- How empathy and altruism grow -- Why stress can make us nasty -- Impulsiveness, self-regulation and aggression -- Cold aggression, callousness and psychopaths -- A battle between emotion and reason? -- Hormones of cooperation and competition -- Evolved both to cooperate and compete -- Moral games -- Group-minded and narrow-minded -- Reputations, shaming, gossip and punishment -- Consumerism, society and our divided brain -- Conclusions.
Altruism.
Helping behavior.
Cooperativeness.
Humanity.