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Introduction : Examples of goodness and passivity and overview of the book -- Why we should help and not harm others -- Inclusive caring, moral courage, basic human needs, altruism born of suffering: socialization and experience -- Basic psychological needs, caring and violence, and optimal human functioning -- Learning by doing and natural socialization: the evolution of helping and caring (and violence) through one's own actions -- Passivity: bystanders to genocide -- The psychology of rescue: perpetrators, bystanders, and heroic helpers -- Psychology, morality, devaluation, and evil -- Helping psychologically wounded children heal -- Altruism born of suffering: the roots of caring and helping after victimization and other trauma /Ervin Staub and Johanna Vollhardt -- The heroism of survivors: survivors saving themselves and the impact on their lives -- Heroes and other committed individuals -- How can we become good bystanders - in response to needs around us and in the world? -- Understanding police violence and active bystandership in preventing it -- Many students are happy, others are bullied, some excluded: active bystandership helps -- Training active bystanders in schools (and other settings) -- Education and trainings as routes to helping, nonaggression, compassion, and heroism -- Advancing healing and reconciliation - in Rwanda and beyond /Ervin Staub and Laurie Anne Pearlman -- Public education for reconciliation and peace: changing hearts and minds: Musekeweya, an educational radio drama in Rwanda -- Preventing violence and terrorism and promoting positive relations between Dutch and Muslim communities in Amsterdam -- The impact of the Staub model on policymaking in Amsterdam regarding polarization and radicalization /Jeroen de Lange -- The roots of helping, heroism, and resistance to and the prevention of mass violence: active bystandership in extreme times and in building peaceful societies -- Exploring moral courage and heroism -- Nonviolence as a way to address injustice and group conflict -- An unassuming hero -- Bystandership: one can make a difference: interview with Ervin Staub /Nancy R. Goodman and Marilyn B. Meyers -- Summary table of the roots of caring, helping, active bystandership, resistance to violence, and creating caring societies -- Creating caring societies: values, culture, institutions.

Cover -- Blurb -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Second Half Title -- 1 Introduction: Examples of Goodness and Passivity and Overview of the Book -- 2 Why We Should Help and Not Harm Others -- 3 Inclusive Caring, Moral Courage, Basic Human Needs, Altruism Born of Suffering: Socialization and Experience -- 4 Basic Psychological Needs, Caring and Violence, and Optimal Human Functioning -- 5 Learning by Doing and Natural Socialization: The Evolution of Helping and Caring (and Violence) Through One's Own Actions

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