Character in the Balance

E X P L O R I N G T H E C A U S E S A N D C O N S E Q U E N C E S O F C O M P A S S I O N

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OLD MIND, NEW MIND

OLD MIND, NEW MIND

OLD MIND, NEW MIND

How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others.

- A D A M S M I T H

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Love and compassionare necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

- H I S H O L I N E S S T H E D A L A I L A M A

Winners don’t punish.

- M A R T I N N O W A K

Consequences of Compassion

Consequences of Compassion

What causes Compassion

Compassion for oneextinguishes punishment

for another

TimeOut

How it Worked

C H E A T E R

I N D U C E R

P A R T I C I P A N T

2+2

C H E A T E R

I N D U C E R

P A R T I C I P A N T

2+2

C H E A T E R

I N D U C E R

P A R T I C I P A N T

2+2

C H E A T E R

I N D U C E R

P A R T I C I P A N T

A G G R E S S I O N

Compassion Felt

C O N T R O L | 2 . 4 7

C H E AT I N G W I T H O U T C O M PA S S I O N | 2 . 5 2

C H E AT I N G W I T H C O M PA S S I O N | 3 . 1 0

0 1 2 3

But did it extinguish punishment?

0 2 134 6 8 10 12

Grams of Hotsauce

N E U T R A L

C H E AT I N G W I T H O U T C O M PA S S I O N

0 2 134 6 8 10 12

Grams of Hotsauce

N E U T R A L

C H E AT I N G W I T H O U T C O M PA S S I O N

C H E AT I N G W I T HC O M PA S S I O N

EMOTIONCONDIT ION

PUNISHMENT

COMPASS ION

0.35* -0.37* (-0.48)

-0.31 (-0.44*)

Punishment Mediation

The experience of compassion extinguishes our desire to cause harm

C U L T I V A T I N G C O M P A S S I O N

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Here we werelaughing and chatting to men whom only a few hours before we were trying to kill.

CORPORAL JOHN FERGUSON,SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

How do we display such compassion in one momentand such cruelty in the next?

But how do we identifywho is beneficial to help?

Similarity

Distress depends on theeyes of the beholder

Synchrony

Synchrony

Synchrony

1

1

1

1

1

1 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

1 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

31 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

31 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

31 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

31 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

31 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

3

Decide to helpor not

1 2

Tapping in UnisonOR

Tapping out of sync

Partner getscheated

0 1 2 3 4 5

A S Y N C H

S Y N C H

Similarity as a Function of SynchronyPerceived Similarity

A S Y N C H

S Y N C H

Compassion as a Function of SynchronyCompassion

0 1 2 3 4 65

Helping as a Function of SynchronyHelping

H E L P E D N O H E L P

S Y N C H

A S Y N C H

17

6 28

18

A S Y N C H

S Y N C H

Time Spent Helping as a Function of SynchronyTime Spent Helping

0 100 200 300 400 600500

Helping as a Function of Synchrony

SYNCHRONY COMPASS I ON HELP ING

S IM ILARITY

L IK ING

0.27*

0.49**

0.22*

0.02

0.45*0.39*

Character is flexible

Character is flexible

&Will Power Guilt

Subtle Effortless&

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