This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others can benefit.

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DONELSON R. FORSYTH Professor and holds the Colonel Leo K. and Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA.

CRYSTAL L. HOYT Associate Professor with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction: Perspectives on Individualism, Collectivism, and the Greater Good; D.R.Forsyth & C.L.Hoyt What Do Capuchin Monkeys Tell Us about Cooperation?; S.F.Brosnan Empathy-Induced Altruism: Friend or Foe of the Common Good?; C.D.Batson Cultural Neuroscience and the Collective Good; J.Y.Chiao, L.Hechtman & N.Pornpattananangkul A Brief History of Individualism in American Thought; E.Daniels Individualism, Collectivism, Leadership and the Greater Good; E.A.Locke Big Man, Big Heart? The Political Role of Aggrandizers in Egalitarian and Transegalitarian Societies; B.Hayden Resisting Machiavelli: Reducing Collective Harm in Conflict; N.J.Mitchell A Hippocratic Oath for Philanthropists; M.Moody Working for the Common Good: Individuals and Groups Address the Challenges Facing the World; M.Snyder