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Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology

The Coming Age of Altruism

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  • © 2013

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  1. Michael Babula

    1. University of Greenwich, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Intrinsic Drive to Become Exocentric Altruists

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Unenlightened Developmental Psychology

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 3-13

    3. Proposed Hyperbola Paradigm

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 14-23

    4. Expanding the Scope of Biological Evolution

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 24-34

    5. ‘The unlikely Samaritans’

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 35-55

  3. A Fresh Look at Pathology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Pathological Self-interest

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 59-69

    3. Needs Frustration and the Mindset of the 9/11 Jihadists

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 70-81

    4. The Special Case of Psychopathy

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 82-95

  4. Sequential Confirmation of the Hyperbola Paradigm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Post-materialist Value Change

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 99-111

    3. New Challenges for the West

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 112-117

    4. Political Values in a Threat Environment

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 118-128

    5. The Rejection of Barabbas

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 129-140

  5. The Coming Age of Altruism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Aligning Governing Systems and Altruistic Values

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 143-154

    3. Promoting Altruistic Constructivist Education

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 155-166

    4. Helping the Afflicted Transcend Self-interest

      • Michael Babula
      Pages 167-177

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 179-206
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Motivation, Altruism, Personality and Social Psychology takes up the debate around altruism and the acceptance in society that self-interest is a healthy guiding principle in life, and argues that helping behaviour can lead to self-fulfilment and happiness and is beneficial to psychological health and society in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Greenwich, UK

    Michael Babula

About the author

Michael Babula is an international scholar who holds a dual doctorate in psychology and politics, and an MBA in finance. His publications in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology and PS: Political Science and Politics aim to transform the way in which social scientists view human psychological development. He has taught Applied Social Psychology at Marymount University, USA, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics at Loyola University, USA, and Quantitative Research Methods to postgraduate students at the University of London, UK.

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