Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vakoch, Douglas A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Biology > Philosophy.; Biological psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Philosophy of Biology.; Biological Psychology.

Doing for others--altruism--is arguably one of the most human of our activities. Arguable too are the origins of altruism: biology, psychology, culture, all of the above? Researchers have been exploring all three in intriguing lines of inquiry. But as the world grows smaller, culture grows as a majo...