The Altruistic Urge: Why We're Driven to Help Others

by Stephanie D. Preston

Book Overview

Ordinary people can perform acts of astonishing selflessness, sometimes even putting their lives on the line. A pregnant woman saw a dorsal fin and blood in the water--and dove right in to pull her wounded husband to safety. Remarkably, some even leap into action to save complete strangers: one New York man jumped onto the subway tracks to rescue a boy who had fallen into the path of an oncoming train. Such behavior is not uniquely human. Researchers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023120440X
• ISBN13: 9780231204408
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.6"