The Altruism Question

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The Altruism Question is written by C. Daniel Batson and published by Psychology Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1317785355 (ISBN 10) and 9781317785354 (ISBN 13).

Are our efforts to help others ever driven solely by altruistic motivation, or is our ultimate goal always some form of self- benefit (egoistic motivation)? This volume reports the development of an empirically-testable theory of altruistic motivation and a series of experiments designed to test that theory. It sets the issue of egoism versus altruism in its larger historical and philosophical context, and brings diverse experiments into a single, integrated argument. Readers will find that this book provides a solid base of information from which questions surrounding the existence of altruistic motivation can be further investigated.