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Tables of Contents for Visions of Compassion
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Contributors
xi
PART I: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND
Training the Mind: First Steps in a Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Neuroscientific Research
3
15
Zara Houshmand
Anne Harrington
Clifford Saron
Richard J. Davidson
A Science of Compassion or a Compassionate Science? What Do We Expect from a Cross-Cultural Dialogue with Buddhism?
18
13
Anne Harrington
Is Compassion an Emotion? A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Mental Typologies
31
15
Georges Dreyfus
Kindness and Cruelty in Evolution
46
20
Elliott Sober
Understanding Our Fundamental Nature
66
41
Dalai Lama
Dialogues, Part I: Fundamental Questions
81
26
PART II: SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND BIOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS OF ALTRUISM, COMPASSION, AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS
Toward a Biology of Positive Affect and Compassion
107
24
Richard J. Davidson
Empathy-Related Emotional Responses, Altruism, and Their Socialization
131
34
Nancy Eisenberg
Emergency Helping, Genocidal Violence, and the Evolution of Responsibility and Altruism in Children
165
17
Ervin Staub
Altruism in Competitive Environments
182
65
Robert H. Frank
Dialogues, Part II: Pragmatic Extensions and Applications
213
34
Appendix: About the Mind and Life Institute
247
6
Index
253