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ContributorsGeneral Introduction, Stephen G. Post, Lynn G. Underwood, Jeffrey P. Schloss, and William B. HurlbutPART I: DEFINITIONS Introduction to Part I, Stephen G. Post1. The ABCs of Altruism, Elliott Sober2. Pythagorean Bodies and the Body of Altruism, Edith Wyschogrod3. Morality, Altruism, and Love, Jerome Kagan4. The Tradition of Agape, Stephen G. PostConclusion to Part I, Stephen G. PostPART II: HUMAN MOTIVATION AND ACTION Introduction to Part II, Lynn G. Underwood5. The Human Experience of Compassionate Love: Conceptual Mapping and Data from Selected Studies, Lynn G. Underwood6. Addressing the Altruism Question Experimentally, C. Daniel Batson7. Explicating Altruism, Kristen Renwick Monroe8. Extraordinary Acts of Ordinary People: Faces of Heroism and Altruism, Samuel P. OlinerConclusion to Part II, Lynn G. Underwood...