Living a good life?: Considering technology and pro-social behaviour

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Living a good life?: Considering technology and pro-social behaviour
 
Creator Bentley, Wessel
 
Subject Psychology, Religion, Social media Psychology; Religion; Social Media; Empathy; Narcissism
Description This article explores the notions of a good life as understood in religion and psychology. The markers of altruism and empathy are identified. The effect the use of social media has on brain chemistry is then explored and used in trying to answer the question as to whether technology (social media in particular) is hampering our ability to live a good life. The notions of the rise of narcissism and the decline in empathy are also discussed.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-10-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v75i1.5557
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 75, No 1 (2019); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Wessel Bentley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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