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Altruism



Altruism - ălˈtrooĭzˈəm, concept in philosophy and psychology that holds that the interests of others, rather than of the self, can motivate an individual. The term was invented in the 19th cent. by the French philosopher Auguste Comte, who devised it as the opposite of egoism. Herbert Spencer and John Stuart Mill, English contemporaries of Comte, accepted the   Read More...

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    Altruism and Christian Ethics
    by Colin Grant. 266 pgs.


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    Altruism & Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy, & Religion in Dialogue
    by William B. Hurlbut, Stephen G. Post, Jeffrey P. Schloss, Lynn G. Underwood. 500 pgs.


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    Ethics, Rationality, and Economic Behaviour
    by Francesco Farina, Frank Hahn, Stefano Vannucci. 354 pgs.


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