How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour? This textbook provides coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in the fields of developmental and social psychology.
How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour? This textbook provides coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in the fields of developmental and social psychology.
Just as there are rational requirements on thought, there are rational requirements on action. This book defends a conception of ethics, and a related conception of human nature, according to which altruism is included among the basic rational requirements on desire and action.
Questions the widely held assumption that human beings are selfish and aggressive by nature and presents knowledge gained in the last twenty years about the socialization practices and experiences that shape caring, helpful, and altruistic persons.
Questions the widely held assumption that human beings are selfish and aggressive by nature and presents knowledge gained in the last twenty years about the socialization practices and experiences that shape caring, helpful, and altruistic persons.