| Description |
1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Contents |
Preliminaries -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Introduction -- 3. A Step Back -- 4. Blueprint for a Brain -- 5. Subjective Experience: The Hidden Side of Reality -- 6. Determinism: The Universe's Marionette Show -- 7. The Illusion of Distinct Individual Identity -- 8. What Matters? -- 9. Avoiding the Abyss -- 10. Satisfaction -- 11. Preserving Life -- 12. In Search of an Ethical Anchor -- 13. Where We Are Headed -- 14. As Good as It Can Get -- 15. Down to Earth -- 16. Making an Impact: Globally Entrenching Compassion -- 17. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with the author's own reflections on freedom, identity and morality, The Battle for Compassion offers a fresh, sweeping perspective on the human condition and a deep contemplation of the basis for our priorities at this critical moment in our history. The threats to our existence and the persistence of i |
| Notes |
1. Prologue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Compassion.
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Ethics, Evolutionary.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Interpersonal Relations.
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Compassion
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Ethics, Evolutionary
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Ethics.
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Etik.
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Sympati.
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Empati.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780875868721 |
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087586872X |
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