An artist prioritized divine connection over personal fame, highlighting selfless service as true altruism. Epictetus, despite hardship, found contentment through self-forgetfulness, emphasizing ...

The selfless concern for the well-being of others, often involving acts of kindness without expecting anything in return.

That is the way of rational, “effective altruism,” of which Singer, as we know, is an intellectual founding father. Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good ...

Reprinted from "Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis" by Nicole Karlis, courtesy of University of California Press ...

Lisa Herzog’s recent article for OpenDemocracy presents several arguments against ‘effective altruism.’ In short, she argues that “there’s no universal definition of ‘most effective ...

On a break at work, she began scrolling through the pictures on her phone and the ... It is an act that qualifies as "extraordinary altruism," says Abigail Marsh, who studies altruism as a ...

Research consistently finds that acts of altruism, such as donating money, volunteering or giving blood, benefit both the receiver and the giver — even when the giver does not expect anything in ...

baby photos, and 1,000 Instagram stories from the same Taylor Swift concert — friends practically indistinguishable from strangers. All of it is equally close. All of it is equally far away.

Altruism is widespread in nature. Worker honey bees devote their entire life to foraging and caring for their sister, the queen, and her offspring, but do not themselves reproduce. In widow ...

AP A Facebook billionaire is using a government loophole to quietly place followers of the controversial “effective altruism” movement in key national security roles in the Biden administration.

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What influence was SBF seeking to buy? Beyond trying to stave off crypto regulations, he was shoveling millions to the effective-altruism movement, which continues to infiltrate governments more ...