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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

Frans de Waal

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An engrossing, lucid exploration of the origins of human morality that challenges our most basic assumptions, from the world’s leading primatologist

Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behaviour is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and “survival of the fittest,” but in fact humans are equally hard-wired for empathy. Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal behaviour, and neuroscience, de Waal brilliantly argues that humans are group animals — highly cooperative, sensitive to injustice, and mostly peace-loving — just like other primates, elephants, and dolphins. This revelation has profound implications for everything from politics to office culture.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 304 pages

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ISBN10:: 0307407764

ISBN13:: 9780307407764

kindle Asin:: B002PYFW8Y

The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

Frans de Waal

4.00/5 (2060 ratings)

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An engrossing, lucid exploration of the origins of human morality that challenges our most basic assumptions, from the world’s leading primatologist

Is it really human nature to stab one another in the back in our climb up the corporate ladder? Competitive, selfish behaviour is often explained away as instinctive, thanks to evolution and “survival of the fittest,” but in fact humans are equally hard-wired for empathy. Using research from the fields of anthropology, psychology, animal behaviour, and neuroscience, de Waal brilliantly argues that humans are group animals — highly cooperative, sensitive to injustice, and mostly peace-loving — just like other primates, elephants, and dolphins. This revelation has profound implications for everything from politics to office culture.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 304 pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:

ISBN10:: 0307407764

ISBN13:: 9780307407764

kindle Asin:: B002PYFW8Y

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