For the Greater Good of All : Perspectives on Individualism, Society, and Leadership
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Jepson Studies in Leadership
ISBN-10
0230104037
ISBN-13
9780230104037
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 14th, 2010
Print length
186 Pages
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This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others can benefit.
Introduction: Perspectives on Individualism, Collectivism, and the Greater Good; D.R.Forsyth & C.L.Hoyt What Do Capuchin Monkeys Tell Us about Cooperation?; S.F.Brosnan Empathy-Induced Altruism: Friend or Foe of the Common Good?; C.D.Batson Cultural Neuroscience and the Collective Good; J.Y.Chiao, L.Hechtman & N.Pornpattananangkul A Brief History of Individualism in American Thought; E.Daniels Individualism, Collectivism, Leadership and the Greater Good; E.A.Locke Big Man, Big Heart? The Political Role of Aggrandizers in Egalitarian and Transegalitarian Societies; B.Hayden Resisting Machiavelli: Reducing Collective Harm in Conflict; N.J.Mitchell A Hippocratic Oath for Philanthropists; M.Moody Working for the Common Good: Individuals and Groups Address the Challenges Facing the World; M.Snyder
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