Embracing the Other : Philosophical, Psychological, and Historical Perspectives on Altruism
All but buried for most of the twentieth century, the concept of altruism has re-emerged in this last quarter as a focus of intense scholarly inquiry and general public interest. In the wake of increased consciousness of the human potential for destructiveness, both scholars and the general public a...
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1992
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