Selflessness & Cognition

What are the cognitive mechanisms that underlie selfless conduct, both ‘thinking’ and unthinking? We first consider deliberate selflessness, a manner of selecting acts in which, in evaluating options, one expressly chooses not to weigh the potential consequences for oneself (though this formulation...

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Main Author: Lengbeyer, Lawrence A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2005
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2005, Volume: 8, Issue: 4, Pages: 411-435
Further subjects:B Selflessness
B Compartmentalization
B Courage
B Cognition
B Automaticity
B Altruism
B unthinking
B Knowledge
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