Embracing the other : philosophical, psychological, and historical perspectives on altruism / edited by Pearl M. Oliner ... [and others].

Papers presented at the conference, Theoretical and social implications of rescuing people in extreme situations: another look at altruism, held in Radziejowice, Poland, in June 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Empathy and protest : two roots of heroic altruism / Krzysztof Konarzewski -- Altruism and the moral value of rescue : resisting persecution, racism, and genocide / Lawrence A. Blum -- Rescue, righteousness, and morality / Victor J. Seidler -- Altruism and human nature : resolving the evolutionary paradox / Ian Vine -- Altruism and the evolution of civil society / Ronald Cohen -- The development of altruistic personality / Dennis L. Krebs and Frank Van Hesteren -- The self in moral agency : toward a theoretical model of the ideal altruistic personality / Frank Van Hesteren -- Self, we, and other(s) : schemata, distinctiveness, and altruism / Maria Jarymowicz -- Motivations of people who helped Jews survive the Nazi occupation / M. Zuzanna Smolenska and Janusz Reykowski -- Predicting prosocial commitment in different social contexts / Leo Montada -- Helping in late life / Elizabeth Midlarsky -- The question of altruism during the Armenian genocide of 1915 / Richard G. Hovannisian -- The Dutchness of Dutch resources : the national dimension of altruism / Lawrence Baron -- The role of Polish nuns in the rescue of Jews, 1939-1945 / Ewa Kurek-Lesik -- Political altruism : a case study / Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz -- Promoting extensive altruistic bonds : a conceptual elaboration and some pragmatic implications / Pearl M. Oliner and Samuel P. Oliner -- The origins of caring, helping and nonaggression : parental socialization, the family system, schools, and cultural influence / Ervin Staub -- Altruism among alcoholics / Daniel M. Boland -- Altruism and extensivity in the Bahá'í religion / Wendy M. Heller and Hoda Mahmoudi -- Altruism in the socialist world / Wiktor Osiatynski.