Sentences with phrase «of altruism»

Resolving to return the artifacts to their rightful owner, Amélie discovers that acts of altruism serve as voyeuristic surrogates to her life's social desolation.

In «Wise Up, America,» Gardner warns that a failure to encourage a sense of altruism amongst Americans could signal the end of the US as a moral leader for the world.

So tribal warfare «may explain the evolution of altruism in larger groups,» Lehmann says.

Enlisting as a donor is one of the easiest forms of altruism around.

Even if it was a good measure of altruism, the other problems with such experiments still apply, and «experimenter demand» effects are common confounding variables.

This thesis points out the fundamental importance of altruism for Hartshorne and Mill.

There was certainly a degree of altruism behind the move as it was in part influenced by a desire to tackle the high levels of adult illiteracy in the Arab world.

Hartshorne offers another (and stronger) defense of altruism in response to a serious criticism of the previous justification.

Together, the board is a culmination of vast knowledge and is the true definition of altruism.

«We usually think of altruism as coming at a cost to the giver, but our findings suggest that when children forgo self - gain to help people who are less fortunate, they may get something back in the form of higher vagal tone,» Miller explains.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying the warm glow of altruism, but be careful that you don't overextend yourself.

Never one to pull a punch, Barr exhibits a directness that is sometimes refreshing, as in his characterization of «the sort of liberal / postmodern mixture influential in the so - called «liberal» churches and theological schools, where the gospel is a combination of altruism, egalitarianism, anti-elitism, pluralism, multiculturalism, and political correctness.»

Humanism, in order to maintain a respectable ethic, must insist on the notion of altruism.

Given the importance of altruism for his theory, then, why does Mill not anticipate and respond to the egoist's objection stated above?

While drawing the picture, she would pretend to drop the marker to see whether the infant would pick it up and hand it back to her — a classic test of altruism in babies.

Garfield has included some of his short leaders from The Scientist, a newspaper which he started, and continues in a spirit of altruism, for it is now available to all on the Internet.

A stable level of altruism persisted even when there were selfish hosts in the mix that refused to reciprocate.

The researchers found students were more likely to intervene and defend a fellow student based on the values of altruism, leadership, courage, having LGBT friends, and beliefs in justice.

An Exploratory Study of Altruism in Greek Children: Relations with Empathy, Resilience and Classroom Climate

Acts of altruism release feel - good chemicals in the brain, meaning you'll be motivated to do more in future.

His coldblooded calculation is not only a perversion of altruism - it's an argument for extermination.

Kant draws a fine line between the concepts of altruism and touches a sensitive nerve, as he evaluates that being altruistic distinguishes a narrow margin between a narcissistic tendencies when it is not supported by a true sense of duty, in fact if unexamined, may even lead to behavioural and attitude patterns closely bordering to neo-colonialism, and actions based on immoral motives; double agenda's that we allow the governments to draw.

«it might be a savage critique of the veneer of altruism beneath which the wealthy operate — indeed does social snobbery rather than genuine concern truly underpin their acts of charity?»

The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness.

Andreoni, J.: 1988, Privately provided public goods in a large economy: The limits of altruism, Journal of Public Economics 35, 57 — 73.

Doing good, feeling good, and having more: Resources mediate the health benefits of altruism differently for males and females with lumbar spine disorders.

The comments point to perhaps a central disconnect in the larger public understanding of Bitcoin Core's processes, and how despite the nature of bitcoin as a well - oiled blockchain, its upkeep requires time and resources that (outside of the altruism of a few for - profit companies) is still largely volunteer.

This act of altruism on behalf of the brothers Warner was rewarded with the best picture Oscar for 1937; it isn't so much bad as utterly, magisterially bland.

But new research published in Frontiers and Human Neuroscience recently found that keeping a gratitude journal can lead to increased feelings of altruism.

For in America today, the usual secularist reaction in dealing with any message brought to society by a particular community is automatically to assume that the message is from a «special interest group,» one whose motives are those of self - interest, even when hidden behind a rhetoric of altruism.

Its author teaches biology and anthropology at Binghamton University and has written previously on the evolutionary significance of altruism, among other topics.

Fear of things while being enamored with fear (s) are indemnifications found upon the glens of altruisms to the peaks of soothsayings.

However, even this is flawed, seeing as their acts of «goodness» are usually self - serving (re: the non-existence of altruism), and they don't have to just DO evil to be evil, they just have to be apathetic or passive in the face of evil (i.e. humans regularly commit sins of «omission» as much as «commission», they regularly focus on their own comfort rather than the glaring problems of others).

Are they aware of her most controversial views: Her hatred of religion; her hatred of altruism; her contempt for the poor and the weak?

He continued writing until his death in 1968, focusing on the necessary role of altruism in any wholesome social life.

with regard to the ethical ideal of altruism, he says:

They are paralyzed by the profound conflict between capitalism and the moral code which dominates our culture: the morality of altruism... Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they can not co-exist in the same man or in the same society.»

The point here is not one about the relative merits of altruism towards others vis a vis self - concern.

The only difference between a theist and an atheist in this regard is the origin of emotions of altruism, guilt, love, etc..

It does not cheer the simple competitive individualism that may be born of greed or may be born of altruism — that offers so much short - term opportunity for managerial zealots and contains so much long - term threat of human debris and loss of community.