Altruism While benevolence, compassion, and humanity were not major virtues for the ancient philosophers, modern moral philosophers generally agree that altruism is important to morality, although they disagree about what it is, how to explain it, and...

Parents sacrifice themselves for their children. Gift giving and sharing are universal. People help others in distress, give blood and may even donate a bodily organ to a stranger while still alive. In the Second World War some hid Jews from the Nazis...

Altruism, defined as an action that benefits the receiver but comes at some cost to the performer, is one of the four types of social interactions that can occur between animals of the same species. Figure 1 summarizes these four interactions....

Altruism refers to behavior that benefits other animals of the same species. Living in the company of other animals presents numerous drawbacks, such as increased competition for food, nest sites, and mates, and increased visibility to predators. Yet...

Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures, and central to many religious traditions. In English, this idea was often described as the Golden rule of ethics. Some newer philosophies such as egoism...

IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION address on January 23, 2007, George W. Bush recognized Wesley Autrey for his act of heroism in a Manhattan subway station. On January 2 Autrey, a fifty-year-old construction worker and Navy veteran, leapt in front of a...

University Wire 06-06-2000 (Independent Florida Alligator) (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- How much are ethics and compassion worth? Last month, they cost the University of Oregon $30 million. The whole affair began after students pressured the administration to join the Worker Rights Consortium, an anti-sweatshop...

A Jewish professor found a swastika on her office door at Columbia University on Wednesday, the latest symbol of bias and hatred found at the school in recent weeks, police said.Elizabeth Midlarsky discovered the swastika painted on her door at Teachers College, a graduate school...

If you're Happy and you know it, pat your head. That, in a peanut shell, is how a 34-year-old female Asian elephant in the Bronx Zoo showed researchers that pachyderms can recognize themselves in a mirror _...