Visions of compassion: Western scientists and Tibetan Buddhists examine human nature /
Visions of compassion: Western scientists and Tibetan Buddhists examine human nature / edited by Richard J. Davidson & Anne Harrington. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. - xi, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Historical and philosophical background. Training the mind: first steps in a cross-cultural collaboration in neuroscientific research / Zara Houshmand ... [et al.] ; A science of compassion or a compassionate science? What do we expect from a cross-cultural dialogue with Buddhism? / Anne Harrington ; Is compassion an emotion? a cross-cultural exploration of mental typologies / Georges Dreyfus ; Kindness and cruelty in evolution / Elliott Sober ; Understanding our fundamental nature / His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; Dialogues, pt. 1: fundamental questions -- pt. 2. Social, behavioral, and biological explorations of altruism, compassion, and related constructs. Toward a biology of positive affect and compassion / Richard J. Davidson ; Empathy-related emotional responses, altruism, and their socialization / Nancy Eisenberg ; Emergency helping, genocidal violence, and the evolution of responsibility and altruism in children / Ervin Staub ; Altruism in competitive environments / Robert H. Frank ; Dialogues, pt. 2. Pragmatic extensions and applications.
(Publisher-supplied data) This book examines how Western behavioral science--which has generally focused on negative aspects of human nature--holds up to cross-cultural scrutiny, in particular the Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the human potential for altruism, empathy, and compassion. Resulting from a meeting between the Dalai Lama, leading Western scholars, and a group of Tibetan monks, this volume includes excerpts from these extraordinary dialogues as well as engaging essays exploring points of difference and overlap between the two perspectives.
019513043X 9780195130430
2001021078
Meditation--Buddhism--Psychology.
Meditation--Buddhism--Physiological aspects.
Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Altruism.
Empathy.
Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Boeddhisme.
Medelijden.
Menselijke natuur.
Meditatie.
Empathie.
Altruïsme.
Buddhism.
Empathy.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Human Characteristics.
BQ7805 / .V57 2002
294.3/375
2010 J-464 BQ 7805
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Historical and philosophical background. Training the mind: first steps in a cross-cultural collaboration in neuroscientific research / Zara Houshmand ... [et al.] ; A science of compassion or a compassionate science? What do we expect from a cross-cultural dialogue with Buddhism? / Anne Harrington ; Is compassion an emotion? a cross-cultural exploration of mental typologies / Georges Dreyfus ; Kindness and cruelty in evolution / Elliott Sober ; Understanding our fundamental nature / His Holiness the Dalai Lama ; Dialogues, pt. 1: fundamental questions -- pt. 2. Social, behavioral, and biological explorations of altruism, compassion, and related constructs. Toward a biology of positive affect and compassion / Richard J. Davidson ; Empathy-related emotional responses, altruism, and their socialization / Nancy Eisenberg ; Emergency helping, genocidal violence, and the evolution of responsibility and altruism in children / Ervin Staub ; Altruism in competitive environments / Robert H. Frank ; Dialogues, pt. 2. Pragmatic extensions and applications.
(Publisher-supplied data) This book examines how Western behavioral science--which has generally focused on negative aspects of human nature--holds up to cross-cultural scrutiny, in particular the Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the human potential for altruism, empathy, and compassion. Resulting from a meeting between the Dalai Lama, leading Western scholars, and a group of Tibetan monks, this volume includes excerpts from these extraordinary dialogues as well as engaging essays exploring points of difference and overlap between the two perspectives.
019513043X 9780195130430
2001021078
Meditation--Buddhism--Psychology.
Meditation--Buddhism--Physiological aspects.
Compassion--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
Altruism.
Empathy.
Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Boeddhisme.
Medelijden.
Menselijke natuur.
Meditatie.
Empathie.
Altruïsme.
Buddhism.
Empathy.
Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Human Characteristics.
BQ7805 / .V57 2002
294.3/375
2010 J-464 BQ 7805