altruism
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She is also the author of the book "Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community During Times of Crisis."
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025
Altruism is one of the core concepts of humanistic Buddhism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023
"Altruism is something that really interests me so I wanted to try it."
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023
Earlier this fall, in a post on the lively Centre for Effective Altruism forum, Karnofsky called EA’s core approach of identifying and maximizing a single “best” idea to its extreme conclusion “perilous.”
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2022
Altruism is the faculty essentially necessary to moral conduct; but the altruistic sentiment is not to be identified with morality.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
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