1) Charitable giving 2) French word used in English 3) Humanitarian practice 4) Selflessness 5) The goodness of your heart 6) Unselfish devotion to others 7) Unselfishness
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1) Disinterestedness 2) Selflessness 3) Unselfishness
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Altruism or selflessness is the principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious traditions and secular worldviews, though the concept of `others` toward whom concern should be directed can vary among cultures and religions. Altruism or selflessness is .....
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[biology] In biology, altruism refers to behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. Altruism in this sense is different from the philosophical concept of altruism, in which an action would only be called `altruistic` if it was done with the conscious intention of he...
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[ethics] Altruism (also called the ethic of altruism, moralistic altruism, and ethical altruism) is an ethical doctrine that holds that the moral value of an individual`s actions depend solely on the impact on other individuals, regardless of the consequences on the individual itself. James Fieser states the altruist dictum as: `An action i...
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The principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others. 2)Altruistic
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• (n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
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in ethics, a theory of conduct that regards the good of others as the end of moral action. The term (French altruisme, derived from Latin alter, ... [3 related articles]
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A type of behaviour in which a cat (organism) risks lowering its well being (fitness) for the benefit of another.
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Term coined by the French positivist philosopher Auguste Comte, briefly defined as `living for others`. The altruistic instinct is a social instinct or impulse, and is evidenced in kindness,...
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Al'tru·ism noun [ French
altruisme (a word of Comte's), Italian
altrui of or to others, from Latin
alter another.] Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to
egoism or
selfishness . [ Recent]
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Altruism is the act of doing something for someone else's benefit, with no benefit for the person conducting the act, popularly known as being 'unselfish'.The term was first employed by the French philosopher Comte, to signify devotion to others or to humanity; the opposite of selfishness or egoism.
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altruism 1. Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness. 2. An attitude or way of behaving marked by unselfish concern for the welfare of others. 3. The belief that acting for the benefit of others is right and good.
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selflessness noun the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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(Alter: other) In general, the cult of benevolence; the opposite of Egoism (q.v.). Term coined by Comte and adopted in Britain by H. Spencer. 1. For Comte Altruism meant the discipline and eradication of self-centered desire, and a life devoted to the good of others; more particularly, selfless love and devotion to Society. In brief, it involved t....
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(biology) In biology, helping another individual of the same species to reproduce more effectively, as a direct result of which the altruist may leave fewer offspring itself. Female honey bees (workers) behave altruistically by rearing sisters in order to help their mother, the queen bee, repr...
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Altruistic actions are those performed for the sake of others. Altruism is the hypothesis that morality involves acting for the sake of others.
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sacrifice of the self for the welfare of others.
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Prosocial behaviors a person carries out without considering his or her own safety or interests.
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the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism). · behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, as a warning cry that reveals the location of the caller to a predator.
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the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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[Philosophical isms] the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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[Difficult words] the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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[Obscure words] the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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