Altruism and the Separateness of Persons. Social Theory and Practice (7/1/2001)
...being. I shall call these reasons for altruism. Does reflection on the nature of personal...conviction that there are reasons for altruism? A growing number of contemporary philosophers...consequence is that it strengthens the case for altruism. I shall call arguments of ...

About altruism.(Essay) Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly (1/1/2008)
...second question is practical. Although altruism does not guarantee desirable results...find--what we might call constructive altruism could alleviate a lot of suffering...question. Who would doubt the existence of altruism? Two recent news stories seem to prove...

Varieties of altruism - and the common ground between them. Social Research (6/22/1997)
...Either it is an example of kin selected altruism, such as occurs between blood relatives...child. Or it is an example of reciprocal altruism, such as occurs between nonrelatives...individual who is hungry. The first kind of altruism was given a theoretical explanation by...

Promoting altruism in the classroom. Childhood Education (12/22/2005)
...Dudelczyk, 1983), all of which have an element of altruism. Altruism is defined by Eisenberg et al. (1999) as "behavior...p. 1360). Therefore, it is our contention that altruism is the purest form of caring--selfless and non...

A mechanism for social selection and successful altruism. Science (12/21/1990)
...fitness, it has been hard to account for altruism, behavior that reduces the fitness of...population biologists argue that, except for altruism to close relatives, human behavior that...to be altruistic amounts to reciprocal altruism, behavior undertaken with an ...

On indirect reciprocity: the distinction between reciprocity and altruism, and a comment on suicide terrorism.(Symposium on African Economic Development and Failure) The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (11/1/2004)
...I discuss the relationship between altruism and reciprocity and its relevance to...strong tendency in biology to dissolve altruism. Normatively, the article argues against...those terrorists' behavior. However, altruism, particularly in the form of metaphysical...

Altruism and Christian Ethics.(Brief Article) Theological Studies (6/1/2002)
...has organized his book into three sections dealing respectively with (1) "alien altruism" (positions that regard altruism as illusory), (2) "ideal altruism" (attempts to provide philosophical grounding for duties of altruism), and...

A theory of docile society: the role of altruism in human behavior. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics (2/1/2007)
...extinction. Taking up Simon's hypotheses on altruism, docility, and selfish behavior, we...interactions. We assume that docility and then altruism, in a technical sense, is the basis...not disappear. Keywords: docility, altruism, social system, bounded rationality...

Altruism and agency in the family firm: exploring the role of family, kinship, and ethnicity. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice (11/1/2006)
...article examines the relationship between altruism and agency costs in family business through...study of a family firm. We found that altruism reduced agency costs in the early stages...and, in particular, on the notion of altruism. This approach has resulted in a number...