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  1. Examples of Heroism (http://www.carnegiehero.org/) – What does heroism look like? At this Carnegie Hero Fund Commission site find thousands of biographies of "extraordinary" heroes and links to a few other similar sites.
  2. "HeroicStories" (http://www.heroicstories.com/index.html) – The stated purpose of this site "is to use the power of the Internet and existing media to bring diverse, international voices to the world to explore the idea that people are good, that individuals and individual action matter, and that regularly showing examples of people being good to each other will inspire similar actions in others." A few examples are provided at the site. More can be obtained by subscribing to HeroicStories sent to you for free via e-mail.
  3. "To save a life: Stories of Holocaust rescue"
    (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/book/synopses.html) – more examples of dramatic heroism.
  4. "Can Animals Empathize?" (http://www.zoosemiotics.helsinki.fi/Can Animals EmpathizeYES.doc) - This fascinating question is explored in a debate in Scientific American (1998): "Yes" is argued by Gordon Gallup, Jr. (who originally developed the Mirror Test (http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/m/mirror_test.htm) of self-awareness) and "Maybe not" (http://www.zoosemiotics.helsinki.fi/Can Animals EmpathizeMAYBE NOT.doc) by Daniel Povinelli.
  5. Revisiting the case of Kitty Genovese (http://www.oldkewgardens.com/) - You may have heard of Kitty Genovese, the woman stabbed to death in 1964 reportedly in front of 38 witnesses who did not come to her aid. But how about Kew Gardens? That is the name of the community in New York where the tragic murder of Kitty Genovese took place in 1964. A long-time resident provides a pictorial history of Kew Gardens. Of particular interest is his review of the case of Kitty Genovese. He includes the original New York Times article reporting about the murder. He then attempts to carefully separate fact from fiction presented in the article and elsewhere about the case.
  6. Altruism and empathy in America (http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060209.altruism.pdf) - interesting analysis of survey results from the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.
  7. Random acts of kindness (http://www.actsofkindness.org/) - The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation is promoting.... yes, random acts of kindness. At this site you can see lots of grassroots efforts to do so, as well as other resources, particularly for the K-12 school or classroom.







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