Articles and Chapters

1. Paulson, S; Flanagan, O; Bloom, P; Baumeister, R, Quid pro quo: the ecology of the self., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1234 (October, 2011), pp. 29-43 [doi].
   (last updated on 2024/01/01)

   Abstract:
   Moderated by Steve Paulson, producer and interviewer for public radio's To the Best of Our Knowledge, philosopher and neurobiologist Owen Flanagan (Duke University), and psychologists Paul Bloom (Yale University) and Roy Baumeister (Florida State University) examine current biological, psychological, and anthropological research on the complex interaction between the self and others, and consider the roots of empathy and morality. The following is an edited transcript of the discussion that occurred February 23, 2011, 7:00-8:15 PM, at the New York Academy of Sciences in New York City.