Explorations into the nature and function of compassion
Journal article
Gilbert, Paul 2018. Explorations into the nature and function of compassion. Current Opinion in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.002
Authors | Gilbert, Paul |
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Abstract | 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 competencies create human compassion. While some see compassion as linked to an emotional or affective state, others root compassion in an evolved motivation and social mentality. The paper will briefly explore fears, blocks and resistances to compassion, how compassion can be understood as a social mentality and the increasing focus on compassionate mind training. |
Keywords | compassion; social mentalities; evolution |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Psychology |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 2352-250X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.12.002 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/623658 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | |
hdl:10545/623658 | |
Publication dates | 04 Dec 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Apr 2019, 13:48 |
Accepted | 13 Dec 2018 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States |
Contributors | University of Derby |
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