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Title On behalf of others : the psychology of care in a global world / edited by Sarah Scuzzarello, Catarina Kinnvall, Kristen Renwick Monroe
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations
Series Series in political psychology
Series in political psychology.
Contents Terrible beauty : globalization, consciousness, and ethics / Paul Nesbitt-Larking -- "Together but apart, equal but different" : on the claims for toleration in multicultural societies / Christian Fernández -- Multiculturalism and caring ethics / Sarah Scuzzarello -- Taking risks for others : social courage as a public virtue / Gerd Meyer -- Self-regulation of courageous bystander interventions / Kai J. Jonas -- The psychology of natural law and care / C. Fred Alford -- Empathy, prejudice, and fostering tolerance / Kristen Renwick Monroe and Maria Luisa Martinez -- Social identifications and pro-social activity in Poland / Katarzyna Hamer and Jakub Gutkowski -- Spirit of altruism? On the role of the Finnish church as a promoter of altruism of individuals and of society / Anne Birgitte Pessi -- Moral aspects of prolonged occupation : implications for an occupying society / Nimrod Rosler [and others] -- Political conflict and moral reasoning in Northern Ireland / Neil Ferguson -- Expected and unexpected identity combinations in Northern Ireland : consequences for identification, threat and attitudes / Robert D. Lowe, Orla Muldoon, and Katharina Schmid -- Care and the transformative potential of ethics / Catarina Kinnvall, Kristen Renwick Monroe, and Sarah Scuzzarello
Summary 'On Behalf of Others' offers both a theoretical and empirical discussion of the psychology of ethics and care in a global world. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how political, economic, social and psychological forces interact and are mutually reinforced in a global context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects
Globalization -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Scuzzarello, Sarah
Kinnvall, Catarina
Monroe, Kristen Renwick, 1946-
ISBN 9780195385557
0195385551
9780199864669
0199864667