Extraordinary Acts of Ordinary People: Faces of Heroism and Altruism

Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, and Religion in Dialogue

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Oliner, Samuel P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Emphatic motivation; Normocentric; Rescue; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940565161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195143584.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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