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Heart of Altruism : Perceptions of a Common Humanity
Heart of Altruism : Perceptions of a Common Humanity
Author: Monroe, Kristen Renwick
Edition/Copyright: 1996
ISBN: 0-691-05847-4
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Type: Paperback
Used Print:  $39.75
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  Author Bio

Monroe, Kristen Renwick : University of California-Irvine

Kristen Renwick Monroe is Professor of Politics and Associate Director of the Program in Political Psychology at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Presidential Popularity and the Economy and editor of The Economic Approach to Politics: A Critical Reassessment of the Theory of Rational Action and The Political Process and Economic Change.

 
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"Monroe elegantly shows that altruism is not one simple thing, but many distinct things, and that .. [it] is not adequately captured by models based on rational self- interest."

--Martha C. Nussbaum, The New Republic

"In her adventurous new book .. Monroe takes mainstream economics, psychology, and evolutionary biology to task for assuming self-interest is the key to human behavior.. The Heart of Altruism is an important achievement, for it sketches a partial route past the whirlpool of selfishness."

--Michael Collins, The New Leader

Princeton University Press
March, 2000

 
  Summary

Is all human behavior based on self-interest? Many social and biological theories would argue so, but such a perspective does not explain the many truly heroic acts committed by people willing to risk their lives to help others. In The Heart of Altruism, Kristen Renwick Monroe boldly lays the groundwork for a social theory receptive to altruism by examining the experiences described by altruists themselves: from Otto, who rescued over a hundred Jews in Nazi Germany, to Lucille, who, armed with her cane, saved a young girl who was being raped. Monroe's honest and moving interviews with these little-known heroes enable her to explore the causes of altruism and the differences between altruists and other people. By delineating an overarching perspective of humanity shared by altruists, Monroe demonstrates how social theories may begin to account for altruism.

 
  Table of Contents

The Human Face of Altruism
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Ch. 1 The Puzzle of Altruism
Ch. 2 The Entrepreneur
Ch. 3 The Philanthropist
Ch. 4 The Heroine
Ch. 5 Rescuers of Jews in Nazi Europe
Ch. 6 Sociocultural Attributes of Altruism
Ch. 7 Economic Approaches to Altruism
Ch. 8 Explanations from Evolutionary Biology
Ch. 9 Psychological Discussions of Altruism
Ch. 10 The Altruistic Perspective: Perceptions of a Shared Humanity
Ch. 11 Perspective and Ethical Political Acts: Initial Thoughts

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index


 

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