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

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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Year of publication:	2015 ; First international edition
Other Persons:	Singer, Tania (ed.) ; Ricard, Matthieu (ed.) ; Lama, Dalai (preface) ; Bstan-vdzin-rgya-mtsho <Dalai Lama XIV.> (preface)
Publisher:	New York : Picador
Subject:	Altruismus \| Altruism \| Soziales Verhalten \| Social behaviour \| Öffentliches Gut \| Nichtstaatliche Organisation \| Dalai Lama
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov]

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Extent:	X, 228 Seiten Illustrationen
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Enthält 14 Beiträge 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.
ISBN:	978-1-250-06416-5 ; 978-1-250-06412-7 ; 978-1-250-07124-8 ; 978-1-250-06416-5
Classification:	Entwicklungsökonomie ; Soziale Fragen, soziale Konflikte: Allgemeines
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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