Caring Economics : Conversations on Altruism and Compassion, Between Scientists, Economists, and the Dalai Lama (Paperback)

Foreword; His Holiness the Dalai Lama Introduction: Toward a Caring Economics; Tania Singer, Mattieu Ricard, Diego Hangartner PART I: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON ALTRUISM AND PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 1. The Egoism-Altruism Debate: A Psychological Perspective; Daniel Batson 2. Empathy and the Interoceptive Cortex; Tania Singer 3. The Neural Bases of Compassion; Richard Davidson 4. A Buddhist Perspective on Altruism; Matthieu Ricard 5. Biological Imperatives for Survival: Altruism Reconsidered; Joan Silk PART II: ECONOMIC RESEARCH ON ALTRUISM AND PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR 6. The Social Dilemma Experiment; Ernst Fehr 7. First Thoughts Toward a Buddhist Economics; John Dunne 8. The Economics of Happiness; Richard Layard 9. Why People Give to Charity; William Harbaugh 10. Altruistic Punishment and the Creation of Public Goods; Ernst Fehr PART III: INTRODUCING PRO-SOCIALITY INTO ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 11. Profit with a Purpose; Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter 12. What Can Microfinance Do?; Arthur Vayloyan 13. The Barefoot College; Sanjit "Bunker" Roya 14. Compassionate Leadership Conclusion: Compassion Is Not a Luxury; Moderator: Joan Halifax