Is Happiness Selfish?
May 24, 2012Will focusing on other people's happiness ultimately make us happier than if we focus on our own needs?
Spring 2004 (Volume I, Issue 1)
Compassion in Action
The inaugural (Spring 2004) issue of Greater Good features a symposium on the subject of compassion. Contributors, ranging from psychology researchers to grade school teachers, present some of the latest research on compassionate people, marriages, and classrooms, and provide inspiring stories of compassion in action. The issue also includes an interview with former Illinois Governor George Ryan about how (and whether) compassion affects politicians’ attitudes toward the death penalty.
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In Brief
Q&A
A Change of Heart (05)
By Jason Marsh | Spring 2004An interview with former Illinois Governor George Ryan
by Jason Marsh
Features
The Compassionate Instinct (06)
By Dacher Keltner | Spring 2004Think humans are born selfish? Think again. Dacher Keltner reveals the compassionate side to human nature.
Connecting through Compassion (07)
By Charles Garfield | Spring 2004For three decades Charles Garfield has trained volunteers to care compassionately for strangers. He shares what he’s learned about the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people.
A Curriculum of Care (10)
By Marilyn Watson | Spring 2004Students achieve more once they’ve learned to care for themselves and others, says Marilyn Watson. She’s done the research to prove this—and witnessed the positive results.
To Know You Is To Love You (13)
By Benjamin R. Karney, Lisa A. Neff | Spring 2004Marriage researchers Benjamin R. Karney and Lisa A. Neff have found that compassionate spouses have longer, more supportive marriages. But to be a compassionate spouse, you need more than love.
In Search of the Moral Voice (14)
By Jason Marsh | Spring 2004What makes some people display altruism and compassion in the midst of war? Two researchers are trying to find out.
It’s a Family Thing (15)
By Jason Marsh | Spring 2004La Bodega de la Familia delivers a different kind of justice
The Power of Performance (16)
By Elizabeth O’Brien | Spring 2004City at Peace’s teenage cast members write and star in their own original musical. But it’s never just about the show.
Book Reviews
Book Review: Destructive Emotions (17)
By Elizabeth Cushing Payne | Spring 2004by Daniel Goleman
Bantam Books, 2003, 432 pages
Book Review: Do Unto Others (18)
By Jason Marsh | Spring 2004by Samuel P. Oliner
Westview Press, 2003, 288 pages
Book Review: Flourishing (19)
By Jason Marsh | Spring 2004Edited by Corey L. M. Keyes and Jonathan Haidt
American Psychological Association, 2003, 355 pages
Book Review: Kids Working It Out (20)
By Elizabeth Cushing Payne | Spring 2004Edited by Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton
Jossey-Bass, 2003, 360 pages
Book Review: Kids Working It Out (20)
By Elizabeth Cushing Payne | Spring 2004Edited by Tricia S. Jones and Randy Compton
Jossey-Bass, 2003, 360 pages
Book Review: Happiness and Education (21)
By Elizabeth Cushing Payne | Spring 2004by Nel Noddings
Cambridge University Press, 2003, 308 pages
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Greater Good Live
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Combining wit with deep knowledge, Robert Sapolsky explains the optimal amount of stress.
WatchThe Greater Good Guide to Mindfulness
This invaluable resource, a special benefit for GGSC members, offers insight into what mindfulness is, why it’s important, and how to teach it.
Get the GuidePathways to Gratefulness
The Palace of Fine Arts, San FranciscoJune 23rd 2012, 10am-5pm
Network for Grateful Living presents a summit geared at awakening the practice of gratefulness and grateful living in all of us.
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