Showing posts with label Social & Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social & Culture. Show all posts

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty



This is the right time to ask yourself: “What should I be doing to help?”
For the first time in history, it is now within our reach to eradicate world poverty and the suffering it brings. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many of us pay for bottled water. And though the number of deaths attributable to poverty worldwide has fallen dramatically in the past half-century, nearly ten million children still die unnecessarily each year. The people of the developed world face a profound choice: If we are not to turn our backs on a fifth of the world’s population, we must become part of the solution.

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
Publisher: Random House | ISBN 10: 1400067103 | 2009 | PDF | 224 pages | 6.1 MB
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Altruism & Altruistic Love



The concept of altruism, or disinterested concern for another's welfare, has been discussed by everyone from theologians to psychologists to biologists. In this book, evolutionary, neurological, developmental, psychological, social, cultural, and religious aspects of altruistic behavior are examined. It is a collaborative examination of one of humanity's essential and defining characteristics by renowned researchers from various disciplines. Their integrative dialogue illustrates that altruistic behavior is a significant mode of expression that can be studied by various scholarly methods and understood from a variety of perspectives in both the humanities and the sciences. Altruism and Altruistic Love establishes a framework for scholarship on altruism by presenting definitions, a historical overview, a review of contemporary research, and debates in various disciplines, as well as a discussion of directions for future work.

Altruism & Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy & Religion in Dialogue
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN 10: 0195143582 | 2002 | PDF | 522 pages | 2 MB

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Creating Value Through People: Discussions with Talent Leaders By Mercer

Creating Value Through People: Discussions with Talent Leaders By Mercer

Practical guidance on how to empower people to do their best.
Filled with stories by and fascinating interviews with human capital innovators, Making a Difference Through People provides practical guidance on how to empower people to deliver their best performance by employing their guiding principles. Offering relevant strategies and tactics, each interview is preceded by an introduction that provides a biographical recap and a brief discussion of each innovator.

Creating Value Through People: Discussions with Talent Leaders By Mercer
Publisher: Wiley 2009-01-27 | 271 Pages | ISBN: 0470124156 | PDF | 1 MB

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