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Psychology of altruism
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ISBN: 9781628081534 1628081538 9781628081527 162808152X Year: 2013 Publisher: [Hauppauge, NY] : Nova Science Publishers,

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Moral saints and moral exemplars
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ISSN: 15292096 ISBN: 1783500751 9781783500758 1783500743 1299789692 9781783500741 Year: 2013 Volume: v. 10 Publisher: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald,

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The purpose of the series is to explore the central and unique role of organizational ethics in creating and sustaining a pluralistic, free enterprise economy. The primary goal of the research studies published here is to examine how profit seeking and not for profit organizations can be conceived and designed to satisfy legitimate human needs in an ethical and meaningful way.


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Evolution, games, and God
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ISBN: 0674075536 0674075498 9780674075498 9780674047976 0674047974 9780674075535 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts


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The global body market : altruism's limits
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ISBN: 1107357586 1107236169 110734171X 1107349044 1139175912 1107347963 1107345464 1299403395 1107344212 9781107345461 9781139175913 9781107341715 9781107024687 1107024684 9781107478367 1107478367 Year: 2013 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Black and gray markets for body parts are illegal, but also pioneering and inventive. Although this type of criminal activity requires dexterity and innovation, these markets thrive and flourish, sometimes in view of law. On the other hand, altruistic procurement is mired by low participation, which encourages black market transactions. Thousands of patients die each year waiting for an organ or bone marrow donation through the altruistic procurement system, so some turn to the dark side. This book offers a frank discussion of altruism in the global body market. It exposes how researchers exploit their patients' ignorance to harvest tissue samples, blood, and other biologics without consent, chronicles exploitation in the name of altruism, including the non-consensual use of children in dangerous clinical trials, and analyzes social and legal commitments to the value of altruism - offering an important critique of the vulnerability of altruism to corruption, coercion, pressure, and other negative externalities.


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Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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ISBN: 1489985972 1461469511 146146952X Year: 2013 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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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 major dimension in how, and why, people help others. The contributors to Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective employ a wealth of methods to examine selfless acts on a global scale. Extensive discussions help to define this elusive concept, in some cases expanding it to include empathy, cooperation, generosity, and Eastern and Western spirituality. Considerations of gender, urban/rural life, family relationships, and other key variables are included, as are relevant findings from evolutionary psychology and neuroscience. And inroads are made in answering such longstanding questions as why altruistic acts in one culture may not be perceived as such in others, and the costs of altruism to those who give. Among the topics featured:  Cultural values and volunteering: A cross-cultural perspective. Embracing the biosphere: Altruism in Indian religions. Cultural variations: Traditional parental manipulation and ancestor-descendant conflict. Do we really like the kind girls and animals?: Altruism in folktales. Daoism and altruism: A China-USA perspective. Mesoamerican religious festivals: Altruism in human ritual. To give or not to give?: Confessions of a humanitarian aid worker. Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective is timely reading for cross-cultural scholars and researchers of altruism and other pro-social behavior. Researchers from various disciplines will be especially interested in the book, including psychology, anthropology, sociology, biology, communication, philosophy, religious studies, gender studies, and bioethics.


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Life in crisis
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ISBN: 0520955188 9780520955189 9780520274846 0520274849 9780520274853 0520274857 Year: 2013 Publisher: Berkeley

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Life in Crisis tells the story of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders or MSF) and its effort to "save lives" on a global scale. Begun in 1971 as a French alternative to the Red Cross, the MSF has grown into an international institution with a reputation for outspoken protest as well as technical efficiency. It has also expanded beyond emergency response, providing for a wider range of endeavors, including AIDS care. Yet its seemingly simple ethical goal proves deeply complex in practice. MSF continually faces the problem of defining its own limits. Its minimalist form of care recalls the promise of state welfare, but without political resolution or a sense of well-being beyond health and survival. Lacking utopian certainty, the group struggles when the moral clarity of crisis fades. Nevertheless, it continues to take action and innovate. Its organizational history illustrates both the logic and the tensions of casting humanitarian medicine into a leading role in international affairs.

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Voluntary health agencies. --- Altruism. --- Ethnology. --- Disaster medicine. --- Medical policy. --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medical care --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Mass casualties --- Disaster relief --- Emergency medicine --- Medicine --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Altruistic behavior --- Unselfishness --- Conduct of life --- Helping behavior --- Health agencies, Voluntary --- Biomedical organizations --- Charities, Medical --- Medical social work --- Government policy --- Treatment --- Médecins sans frontières (Association) --- M.S.F. (Médecins sans frontières (Association)) --- MSF (Médecins sans frontières (Association)) --- Medicos sin Fronteras (Association) --- Artsen zonder Grenzen (Association) --- Doctors without Borders (Association) --- Ärzte ohne Grenzen e.V. --- Wu guo jie yi sheng --- Médicos sem Fronteiras (Association) --- Medici senza frontiere (Association) --- ʹOngkān Mō̜ Rai Phromdǣn --- Leger uten grenser (Association) --- Munaẓẓmat Aṭibbāʼ bilā Ḥudūd --- منظمة أطباء بلا حدود --- Lékaři bez hranic (Association) --- Humanitarian assistance. --- Health policy. --- Médecins sans frontières (Association). --- anthropology. --- charity. --- conflict studies. --- development. --- doctors without borders. --- engaging. --- ethics development. --- ethnography. --- global scale. --- good works. --- health policy. --- health. --- healthcare. --- historical. --- history. --- human condition. --- humanitarian aid. --- humanitarian medicine. --- humanitarian space. --- humanitarianism. --- international institutions. --- lively. --- medical ethics. --- medicine. --- msf. --- organizational history. --- outspoken protest. --- page turner. --- politics. --- public health. --- refugee. --- science and healthcare. --- social anthropology. --- social medicine. --- social science.

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