Music, Graham, 1957-

The good life : wellbeing and the new science of altruism, selfishness and immorality / Graham Music. - xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-231) and index.

Introduction -- Primed for goodness -- Attachments and helping others -- How empathy and altruism grow -- Why stress can make us nasty -- Impulsiveness, self-regulation and aggression -- Cold aggression, callousness and psychopaths -- A battle between emotion and reason? -- Hormones of cooperation and competition -- Evolved both to cooperate and compete -- Moral games -- Group-minded and narrow-minded -- Reputations, shaming, gossip and punishment -- Consumerism, society and our divided brain -- Conclusions.

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Altruism.
Helping behavior.
Cooperativeness.
Humanity.
Altruism.
Cooperativeness.
Helping behavior.
Humanity.