# Altruism

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- Book: [Altruism](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard/altruism) ([Altruism.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard/altruism.md))
- Authors: [Matthieu Ricard](https://www.bookquiver.com/matthieu-ricard)
- Publisher: atlantic_books
- ISBN: 978-08-5789-701-5
- Published: 2018-01-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard’s Altruism , an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wisdom, is a radical call to kindness, which has the potential as a new global movement to answer the biggest problems of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and the environment in the long term. As the faultlines of inequality and nationalism leave us ever more divided, Ricard challenges us to be better people – and in the process, make the world a better place.