Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion

About this film

Robert Wright uses evolutionary biology and game theory to explain why we appreciate the Golden Rule ("Do unto others..."), why we sometimes ignore it and why there’s hope that, in the near future, we might all have the compassion to follow it.

Directors & creators

TED.com

Subjects

TEDTalks, TEDSalon 2009 Compassion, TED, Talks, charter for compassion, compassion, evolution, global issues, 2009

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