Born To Be Good: The Science Of A Meaningful Life

Author: Dacher Keltner

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Price : $27.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780393337136
Publisher : WW Norton & Co
Imprint : WW Norton & Co
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Weight (g) : 0.284
Publication date : 09 February 2010
Dimensions : 250mm X 150mm
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Pages : 352
BIC subject : Ethics & moral philosophy
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Demonstrates that humans are not hardwired to lead lives that are nasty, brutish and short - we are in fact born to be good. This title investigates an old mystery of human evolution: why we have evolved positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe and compassion that promote ethical action and are the fabric of cooperative societies.

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A bright, entertaining book . . . [that] covers broad, interesting territory. -- Janet Maslin

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Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, director of the Greater Good Science Center and co-editor of Greater Good magazine. His research focuses on pro-social emotions, power and moral reasoning.

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