Altruism's Wisdom: Difference between revisions

#This project’s main claim is that three kinds of love are central to human nature and have been traditionally expressed across cultures: the love of the divine, the love of others, and the love of self.

#Today, we want to establish a path to recovering what is most important to first love, so that the second can be preserved and the third can be contained.

#This argument is advanced through the development of five hypotheses.

#The broader impact of the project will be felt in several fields

#Hanley’s wisdom research to date has focused on wisdom in the moral and political philosophy of the 18th century

#His particular interest is how this concept shaped the Enlightenment's perceptions of other directed emotions, including kindness, compassion, compassion and sympathy.  

#De Jaucourt's research recently led him to the fascinating discovery of the introduction to wisdom and this is remarkable for two reasons.