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Quid pro quo: the ecology of the self
Author(s) -
Paulson Steve,
Flanagan Owen,
Bloom Paul,
Baumeister Roy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06182.x
Subject(s) - empathy , morality , sociology , ecology , environmental ethics , psychology , psychoanalysis , social psychology , political science , philosophy , law , biology
Moderated by Steve Paulson, producer and interviewer for public radio's To the Best of Our Knowledge , philosopher and neurobiologist Owen Flanagan (Duke University), and psychologists Paul Bloom (Yale University) and Roy Baumeister (Florida State University) examine current biological, psychological, and anthropological research on the complex interaction between the self and others, and consider the roots of empathy and morality. The following is an edited transcript of the discussion that occurred February 23, 2011, 7:00–8:15 PM, at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City.