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Dec 09, 2011 pathological altruism is a construct describing the willingness of an individual to place the needs of others above him or herself to the point of causing harm, whether physical, psychological, or both, to the purported altruist. Edited by barbara oakley, ariel knafo, guruprasad madhavan, and david sloan wilson, oxford university press, new york. Pathological altruism books pics download new books and. Therefore it is worthwhile to study how wellmeaning altruism can shade into pathology. Mar 12, 2017 pathological altruism is a groundbreaking new book the first to explore the negative aspects of altruism and empathy, seemingly uniformly positive traits. Nov 27, 2016 barbara oakley is to be commended for looking so hard and so closely at the motives, in some, that underlie acts of kindness and altruismsuggesting that things are not always as they appear, and the phrase killed with kindness springs from the absolute bedrock of folk wisdom. Jan 05, 2012 buy pathological altruism 1 by barbara oakley, ariel knafo, guruprasad madhavan, david wilson isbn.
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