The concept, benefits and recommendations for the cultivation of compassion have been
recognized in the contemplative traditions for thousands of years. In the last 30 years or so …

Compassion has become a major focus for international research in prosocial behaviour.
This paper explores the evolutionary origins of caring and how recently evolved cognitive …

Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—
determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other …

This meta-analysis examined the associations between the fears of compassion and mental
health. We extracted 19 studies reporting 154 effect sizes (Pearson's r) from 22 independent …

Compassion focused therapy (CFT) is rooted in an evolutionary, functional analysis of basic
social motivational systems (eg, to live in groups, form hierarchies and ranks, seek out …

Empathy features a tension between automaticity and context dependency. On the one
hand, people often take on each other's internal states reflexively and outside of awareness …

Background Studies of the value of compassion on physical and mental health and social
relationships have proliferated in the last 25 years. Although, there are several …

Should you sacrifice one man to save five? Whatever your answer, it should not depend on
whether you were asked the question in your native language or a foreign tongue so long as …

The most effective charities are hundreds of times more effective than typical charities, yet
few donors prioritize effectiveness. Why is that? How might we increase the effectiveness of …

Various scholars have made claims about literature's potential to evoke empathy and self-
reflection, which would eventually lead to more pro-social behavior. But is it indeed the case …