For the Greater Good of All: Perspectives on Individualism, Society, and Leadership (Jepson Studies in Leadership)

This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others can benefit. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction....Pages 1-9 What Do Capuchin Monkeys Tell Us about Cooperation?....Pages 11-27 Empathy-Induced Altruism: Friend or Foe of the Common Good?....Pages 29-47 Cultural Neuroscience and the Collective Good....Pages 49-67 A Brief History of Individualism in American Though....Pages 69-84 Individualism, Collectivism, Leadership, and the Greater Good....Pages 85-99 Big Man, Big Heart? The Political Role of Aggrandizers in Egalitarian and Transegalitarian Societies....Pages 101-118 Resisting Machiavelli: Reducing Collective Harm in Conflict....Pages 119-141 A Hippocratic Oath for Philanthropists....Pages 143-165 Working for the Common Good: Individuals and Groups Address the Challenges Facing the World....Pages 167-182 Back Matter....Pages 183-186 This volume draws on disciplines as different as psychology, anthropology, history, and biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest (individualism) and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others may benefit (collectivism)