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

Frans de Waal

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Description:An engrossing, lucid exploration of the origins of human morality that challenges our most basic assumptions, from the world’s leading primatologistIs 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society. To get started finding The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An engrossing, lucid exploration of the origins of human morality that challenges our most basic assumptions, from the world’s leading primatologistIs 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society. To get started finding The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society

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