as in generosity
feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness
charitable acts motivated purely by altruism In one final act of altruism, she donated almost all of her money to the hospital.
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Now, after those acts of altruism, Schiffmann is launching himself into the AI-o-sphere.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 30 July 2024
The core al Qaeda group attracted followers with religious arguments and a pseudo-scholarly message of altruism for the sake of the ummah, the global Muslim community.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015
Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry touts its altruism and environmental stewardship by pointing to a voluntary levy that companies pay on their production, which is then used to clean up orphan wells that have been left to the state.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2024
This negates the theory that caregiving emerged merely as a self-interested pact between participants who could reciprocate the behavior and that Neanderthals were capable of displaying altruism, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 June 2024
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 30 July 2024
The core al Qaeda group attracted followers with religious arguments and a pseudo-scholarly message of altruism for the sake of the ummah, the global Muslim community.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015
Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry touts its altruism and environmental stewardship by pointing to a voluntary levy that companies pay on their production, which is then used to clean up orphan wells that have been left to the state.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2024
This negates the theory that caregiving emerged merely as a self-interested pact between participants who could reciprocate the behavior and that Neanderthals were capable of displaying altruism, the researchers said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 June 2024
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“Altruism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruism. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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