The Making of a Hero: Cultivating Empathy, Altruism, and Heroic Imagination
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DOI: 10.1177/0022167817708064
Abstract: Heroes are not born; they’re made. This article examines the commonalities in the backgrounds of people who take heroic action on behalf of others to theorize the ways in which our society can encourage citizens… read more here.
Keywords: making hero; heroic imagination; cultivating empathy; empathy altruism ... See more keywords