altruistic
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One vendor, clothing brand Altruistic, incorporates West African symbols into streetwear; another, Regina Bennett, offers plant pots with messages like “Rooted in my Blackness.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Altruistic behavior is seen as the parent runs the risk of getting attacked, killed, or harmed by the predator.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Altruistic behavior can also evolve if it benefits relatives, who pass on the donor’s genes.
From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2021
Altruistic surrogacy is more ethically acceptable for some and also a lot cheaper, compared to countries where surrogacy is commercial, such as the US.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2018
Altruistic action, followed from selfish motives, may become habit; habits of benevolence certainly strengthen the feeling of sympathy; and "habits followed during many generations probably tend to be inherited."
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
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