Choose Compassion

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Australia's leading compassion researcher explores the challenges of becoming a more compassionate person and developing a more compassionate society

When you think of compassion, what comes to mind? Kindness, understanding, tenderness, empathy, maybe warmth? Compassion can be all those things - but it is much more.

Drawing on his many years of experience as a clinical psychologist and researcher, Dr James Kirby brings together hard science and real-life examples to offer a guide to a more compassionate life and society.

Kirby debunks the myth that compassion is simply a feeling and shows us how it is a motivational force that can shape our behaviour and relationships with each other and the world. He considers how it might help with self-criticism, parenting and grief, and he explores what part artificial intelligence might play in a compassionate future.

In this engaging and timely book, Kirby traverses philosophy, psychology and pop culture to show how we can choose compassion to make our lives healthier, happier and more meaningful.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780702265648
Published: November 2022

Number of pages: 256
Width: 153 mm
Height: 227 mm
Depth: 21 mm

Publisher: University of Queensland Press