Gardening Sale!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's

Recently Viewed clear list

Q&A | May 20, 2013

Michael Marder: IMG Powell’s Q&A: Michael Marder

0 comments By Michael Marder

Describe your latest work. When I started working on Plant-Thinking in 2008, I had no idea that the project would turn out to be as broad as it did.... Continue »
  1. $26.95 Sale Trade Paper add to wish list

    Plant-Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life

    Michael Marder 9780231161251
spacer
Ships free on qualified orders.
$9.50
List price: $25.95
Used Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Burnside Psychology- General

More copies of this ISBN

This title in other editions

Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life

by

Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

In Born to Be Good, Dacher Keltner demonstrates that humans are not hardwired to lead lives that are "nasty, brutish, and short"--we are in fact born to be good. He investigates an old mystery of human evolution: why have we evolved positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and are the fabric of cooperative societies?

By combining stories of scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy, Keltner illustrates his discussions with more than fifty photographs of human emotions. Born to Be Good is a profound study of how emotion is the key to living the good life and how the path to happiness goes through human emotions that connect people to one another.

Synopsis:

A new examination of the surprising origins of human goodness.

Synopsis:

In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are 'nasty, brutish, and short,' why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and cooperative societies? Illustrated with more than fifty photographs of human emotions,Born to Be Goodtakes us on a journey through scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy. Positive emotions, Keltner finds, lie at the core of human nature and shape our everyday behavior'"and they just may be the key to understanding how we can live our lives better.
back to top

Video

About the Author

Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, director of the Greater Good Science Center, and co-editor of Greater Good magazine. His research focuses on pro-social emotions, power, and moral reasoning. He is the author of Born to Be Good.
back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780393065121
Author:
Keltner, Dacher
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Subject:
Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology
Subject:
Human Physiology
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Cooperation
Subject:
Social Psychology
Subject:
Emotions
Subject:
Life Sciences - Evolution - Human
Subject:
Good & Evil
Subject:
Evolution
Subject:
Psychology : General
Copyright:
2009
Publication Date:
20090131
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
60 photographs
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.5 x 1.2 in 1.35 lb
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. Animals Make Us Human: Creating the...
    Used Hardcover $5.50
  2. The Emotional Intelligence Quick... Used Hardcover $7.50
  3. Animals in Translation: Using the...
    Used Trade Paper $5.95
  4. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Used Hardcover $3.50
  5. The Mixed-Up Chameleon
    Used Book Club Paperback $2.95
  6. Mind Over Mood: A Cognitive Therapy... Used Trade Paper $17.50
back to top

Related Subjects

Health and Self-Help » Psychology » General
Health and Self-Help » Psychology » Mind and Consciousness
Health and Self-Help » Psychology » Mood Disorders and Depression
Health and Self-Help » Self-Help » General
Science and Mathematics » Biology » Evolution

Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life Used Hardcover
0 stars - 0 reviews
$9.50 In Stock
Product details 352 pages W. W. Norton & Company - English 9780393065121 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , A new examination of the surprising origins of human goodness.
"Synopsis" by , In this startling study of human emotion, Dacher Keltner investigates an unanswered question of human evolution: If humans are hardwired to lead lives that are 'nasty, brutish, and short,' why have we evolved with positive emotions like gratitude, amusement, awe, and compassion that promote ethical action and cooperative societies? Illustrated with more than fifty photographs of human emotions,Born to Be Goodtakes us on a journey through scientific discovery, personal narrative, and Eastern philosophy. Positive emotions, Keltner finds, lie at the core of human nature and shape our everyday behavior'"and they just may be the key to understanding how we can live our lives better.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.