| 期刊全稱 | Altruistic Reveries | | 期刊簡稱 | Perspectives from th | | 影響因子2023 | Basant K. Kapur,Kim-Chong Chong | | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/155/154221/154221.mp4 | | 圖書封面 |  | | 影響因子 | .Altruistic Reveries. is a unique volume, which arises outof an Interdisciplinary Conference on Perspectives on Altruism fromthe Humanities and Social Sciences organized by the Centre forAdvanced Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NationalUniversity of Singapore, in October 1999. Altruism is a deep,multi-faceted phenomenon, of great interest and relevance to scholarsacross the entire range of disciplines in the Humanities and SocialSciences. The Centre therefore brought together experts in diversedisciplines - Philosophy, Literature, Psychology, Sociology,Economics, and Political science - to examine and discuss thesignificance and role of altruism from their respective perspectives.A total of 10 papers in all were presented, and the volume iscompleted by an Introduction by the editors, and a final ConcludingChapter by one of the editors..Among the issues discussed are: the efficacy of motivational altruismin the resolution of public issues; the genetic origins of altruismand its attendant risks; the metaphysical basis of altruism; empathyand altruism; altruism or social exchange; altruism in wartime; andthe welfare state. A notable feature of the volume is that the vari | | Pindex | Book 2002 |
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