Economists, typically baffled by selflessness, have tended to hunt for hidden self-interest in apparent altruism.
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This is not about altruism, but about staying relevant in an increasingly competitive world.
They shared perishable food, not out of altruism, but as insurance and reciprocal gift giving.
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Don't confuse the gesture with a sudden bout of altruism on Qantas' part, however.
They switch from being targets of demonization and dehumanization to potential partners in reciprocal altruism.
Selfishness, it contends, is good, altruism evil, empathy and compassion are irrational and destructive.
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But what exactly is the moral relevance of empathy and altruism in non-human animals?
Average Americans naively take the morality of altruism to mean good will, generosity, and human decency.
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Apparently, altruism gets elusive when the taxman gets too close to your own pockets.
Lacking much altruism, they seem unlikely to promote issues that do not benefit themselves.
He was carrying out an act of altruism, and it was a parasite that got him.
For her, government was nothing more than licensed robbery and altruism just an excuse for power-grabbing.
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Altruism, in other words, emerged in the second form of the game, as punishment, but not in the first.
The moral overview does shape everything, and the Democrats are playing the altruism card for all they are worth.
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Never mind altruism, says Dr Cook-Deegan, many people are even avoiding genetic screening that could save their own lives.
Yet there is still a noticeable gap in terms of altruism (see table).
As with all professions, there are good and bad doctors, and those driven by greed and those driven by altruism.
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Britain is not doing this work (and other projects AWE is up to on its own) in a fit of altruism.
But whereas juvenile delinquents tend to have little capacity for empathy and altruism, entrepreneurs also tend to be hard-wired for philanthropy.
Still, the Silverberg wedding wasn't all about altruism: They added a traditional registry with Amazon, checking off lots of household supplies.
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In my view, SAP is sincere in this strategy, not out of altruism but out of a cunning sense of survival.
But more importantly, she was spinning the moral narrative: Barack focuses on what altruism demands we focus on: need, hardship, suffering.
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Its performances help promote and reinforce religious and spiritual values, altruism and friendship while preserving old traditions, national culture and Iranian mythology.
This is pretty extreme altruism, (although I'm sure you'll feel a sense of satisfaction from doing the right thing for the planet).
"If the past celebrated lust and greed and love of power, the future will celebrate continence and humility and altruism, " Hamlin Garland said.
For example, one woman had sworn off volunteering for a year but gone back to it with a mind to limiting her altruism.
Critics of social entrepreneurship will continue to deride for-profit models for their lack of genuine altruism and will dismiss nonprofit models as unsustainable.
The studies of early altruism show that the natural state of man is not a war of all against all, as Thomas Hobbes said.
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