My conversation with Dacher Keltner:
"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Evolution & the capacity for good
Dacher Keltner, a psychologist at UC Berkeley, and the author of Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life uses Darwin's work as a jumping off point to explain that human emotions, from spontaneous bursts of laughter to a sympathetic blush, are not only signs of evolution, but also the keys to understanding our ability to be happy and bring out the good in other.
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Born to be Good,
Daren Keltner,
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