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Altruism, Heroism, and the Psychology of the Bystander

By Jason Marsh | March 2007 | TRT 1:19:15

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Jason Marsh is the founding editor in chief of Greater Good and the GGSC’s executive director. He is also a co-editor of two anthologies of…

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