Are We Wired To Be Compassionate?
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Friday, December 19, 2014
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"We're designed to convince ourselves that our very selective deployment of compassion is thoroughly justified" — Robert Wright
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Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Just A Little Nicer.
About Robert Wright's TED Talk
Author Robert Wright says humans are not simply wired to be compassionate — we have evolved to feel compassion out of self-interest.
About Robert Wright
Robert Wright is the best-selling author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal and The Evolution of God.
He draws on his wide-ranging knowledge of science, religion, psychology, history and politics to figure out what makes humanity tick — and what makes us moral.
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