Caring economics
Subtitle: conversations on altruism and compassion, between scientists, economists, and the Dalai Lama
By: edited by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard ; with a foreword by his Holiness the Dalai Lama
Contributors: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- author of foreword
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781250064127
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Altruism; Compassion; Economics; Economic aspects; Buddhism
Description: Can the hyperambitious, bottom-line-driven practices of the global economy incorporate compassion into the pursuit of wealth? Or is economics driven solely by materialism and self-interest? In Caring Economics, experts consider these questions alongside the Dalai Lama in a wide-ranging, scientific-based discussion on economics and altruism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction:; title: Toward a caring economics  -- Tania Singer, Matthieu Ricard, and Diego Hangartner; title: The egoism-altruism debate : a psychological perspective  -- Daniel Batson; title: Empathy and the interoceptive cortex  -- Tania Singer; title: The neural bases of compassion  -- Richard Davidson; title: A Buddhist perspective on altruism  -- Matthieu Ricard; title: Biological imperatives for survival : altruism reconsidered  -- Joan Silk; title: The social dilemma experiment  -- Ernst Fehr -- First thoughts toward a Buddhist economics / -- John Dunne; title: The economics of happiness  -- Richard Layard; title: Why people give to charity  -- William Harbaugh; title: Altruistic punishment and the creation of public goods  -- Ernst Fehr; title: Profit with a purpose  -- Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter; title: What can microfinance do?  -- Arthur Vayloyan; title: The barefoot college  -- Sanjit "Bunker" Roy; title: Compassionate leadership  -- William George -- Conclusion:; title: Compassion is not a luxury -- moderator, Joan Halifax.