Caring economics : conversations on altruism and compassion, between scientists, economists, and the Dalai Lama / edited by Tania Singer and Matthieu Ricard ; with a foreword by his Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Picador, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1250064120
- 9781250064127
- 174.4 23
- HB72 .C373 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213).
Foreword / His Holiness the Dalai Lama -- Introduction: Toward a caring economics / Tania Singer, Matthieu Ricard, and Diego Hangartner -- The egoism-altruism debate : a psychological perspective / Daniel Batson -- Empathy and the interoceptive cortex / Tania Singer -- The neural bases of compassion / Richard Davidson - A Buddhist perspective on altruism / Matthieu Ricard -- Biological imperatives for survival : altruism reconsidered / Joan Silk -- The social dilemma experiment / Ernst Fehr -- First thoughts toward a Buddhist economics / John Dunne -- The economics of happiness / Richard Layard -- Why people give to charity / William Harbaugh -- Altruistic punishment and the creation of public goods / Ernst Fehr -- Profit with a purpose / Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter -- What can microfinance do? / Arthur Vayloyan -- The barefoot college / Sanjit "Bunker" Roy -- Compassionate leadership / William George -- Conclusion: Compassion is not a luxury / moderator, Joan Halifax.
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.
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