Visions of Compassion
Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 January 2002
- ISBN 9780195130430
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 239x160x25 mm
- Weight 553 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 figures 0
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Short description:
Western science has generally addressed human nature in its most negative aspects-the human potential for violence, the genetic and biochemical bases for selfishness, depression, and anxiety. In contrast, Tibetan Buddhism has long celebrated the human potential for compassion, and is dedicated to studying the scope, expression, and training of compassionate feeling and action. Science and Compassion examines how the views of Western behavioral science hold up to scrutiny by Tibetan Buddhists. Resulting from a meeting between the Dalai Lama, leading Western scholars, and a group of Tibetan monks, the volume includes essays exploring points of difference and overlap between the two perspectives. Opening with the story of the extraordinary meeting in Dharamsala India, the book then takes the reader through the best of what Western behavioral scientific tradition has to say about altruism, ethics, empathy, and compassion-looking at how different elements of this science are challenged by cross-cultural examination. In a series of essays, the participating scientists and scholars ask not only how Tibetan and Western understandings of emotion differ, but how Western behavioral science might broaden and enrich its understanding of human nature to do justice to the study of human emotions. An essay by the Dalai Lama reveals his views on human nature, offering a useful exposition of the Buddhist point of view. Also included are direct excerpts from the dialogues themselves, which are filled with intellectual intensity, moments of convergence, and frequent humor. This extraordinary cross-cultural dialogue about our most essential natures will appeal to scientists, scholars, and the educated lay reader.
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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.
" . . . the most fascinating book to come my way this year."
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Historical and Philosophical Background
Training the Mind: First Steps in a Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Neuroscientific Research
A Science of Compassion or a Compassionate Science? What Do We Expect from a Cross-Cultural Dialogue with Buddhism?
Is Compassion an Emotion? A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Mental Typologies
Kindness and Cruelty in Evolution
Understanding Our Fundamental Nature
Dialogues, Part 1: Fundamental Questions
Part 2: Social, Behavioral, and Biological Explorations of Altruism, Compassion, and Related Constructs
Toward a Biology of Positive Affect and Compassion
Empathy-Related Emotional Responses, Altruism, and Their Socialization
Emergency Helping, Genocidal Violence, and the Evolution of Responsibility and Altruism
Altruism in Competitive Environments
Dialogues, Part 2: Pragmatic Extensions and Applications
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