• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Visions of compassion : Western scientists and Tibetan Buddhists examine human nature
  • Contributor: Davidson, Richard J. [Contributor]; Harrington, Anne [Contributor]
  • Published: New York ;; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001
  • Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 263 p.); ill
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130430.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199847327; 0199847320
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: CP 3000 : Motivation und Gefühl
  • Keywords: Mitleid > Tibetischer Buddhismus > Westliche Welt > Gesellschaft
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Description: These writings examine how Western behavioral science, which has generally focused on the negative aspects of human nature, hold up to cross-cultural scrutiny, in particular the Tibetan Buddhist celebration of the human potential for altruism.