Evolutionary history
Thanks to evolutionary science we now know that humans are wired for compassion. From the earliest care relationships between a parent and their child, this motive has developed into one that binds the human species.
KEY PAPERS
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The foundations of compassion and related social emotions
The Compassionate Brain
Klimecki, O.M., & Singer, T.; J.R. Doty, M. Worline, E. Simon-Thomas, D. Cameron and S. Brown (Eds.)
The psychological differences between compassion and empathy
Empathy and Compassion
A 101 on the psychological basis of compassion
Compassion
An exploration of how compassion has evolved and is now being harnessed
Compassion: From Its Evolution to a Psychotherapy
Childrearing laid the groundwork for compassion for others
Evolution, childrearing and compassionate morality
Compassion involves an understanding of suffering coupled with the desire to alleviate it
Compassion
Cassell, E. J.
BOOKS
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