Altruism Quotes
Perspectives on selflessness, from biology to global politics.
These altruism quotes question how genuine selflessness really is, including doubts that countries ever intervene militarily out of pure altruism. Compare with our Egoism quotes for the opposite view.
Altruism, especially involving basic freedoms, can be what shareholders value most.
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Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species.
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
Animals Quotes
Social motherliness has made women's struggle for liberty the loveliest synthesis of egoism and altruism.
In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.
Altruism is innate, but it's not instinctual. Everybody's wired for it, but a switch has to be flipped.
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A scientific angle explains altruism through evolution, arguing certain genes persist because they help species survive. See Animals quotes for more on instinct and behavior.
