The biological evolution of conscience – from parent-offspring conflict to morality by Voland Eckart

“…In contrast hereto, the second theory (“helper theory”) locates the evolutionary origins of conscience on the battlefield of the parent- offspring conflict through intrafamilial demands for altruism. Functions of conscience, and thus human morality in a narrower sense, evolved during the transition of hominines to cooperative breeding and the novel helper conflict emerging through this evolution. …”
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Transplantation of human organs act: Act of transplantation – Time to act on the act! - Narrative review by Manjusha Yadla

“…The present Act needs certain changes which clearly define the legal definition of brain death, legal issues involved in brain death, ethical and legal means of expansion of donor pool, and objective assessment of altruism.…”
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Gestational surrogacy: Psychosocial aspects by Nicolás Ruiz-Robledillo, Luis Moya-Albiol

“…Research has indicated positive adaptation to the process and benefits for all members of the triad. Altruism is the main motivation of surrogates. Notably, psychological well-being has been found to be higher in individuals who have become parents through surrogacy than in those who have used egg donation or have followed a natural process of conception. …”
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The social cost of contacts: Theory and evidence for the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. by Martin F Quaas, Jasper N Meya, Hanna Schenk, Björn Bos, Moritz A Drupp, Till Requate

“…Our main contribution is to quantify this gap by calibrating the model with unique survey data from Germany on social distancing and impure altruism from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Filsafat Etika Tasawuf Syaikh ‘Abdul Qadir Al-Jailani: Kajian Etika Salik dalam Kitab Ghunyat li Thalibi Thariq al-Haqq by Aly Mashar, Nailal Muna

“…However, if seen from the emphasis on the priority of people rather than the salik, then it falls into the category of ethical altruism. …”
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School as an educational context for the development of students' social competence by Zukorlić Mirsada S., Nikolić Ivko A.

“…The school, with its educational mission, within which the role of teachers is crucial, encourages social competences through: acquiring and expanding students' social knowledge and understanding of social reality; drawing students' attention to other people's feelings and interests; encouraging alternative interpretations of other people's behaviour; providing students with assistance in active participation in discussions; assisting students in discovering common features; supporting communication between students (fostering verbal and nonverbal communication); encouraging the constructive cooperation among students; strengthening empathy and strengthening altruism).…”
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Positive effects of television content on emotional and social behavior of children by Popović-Ćitić Branislava

“…Based on the critical review of the findings of a number of foreign empirical studies, this article summarizes the research evidence of the positive effects of television content on emotional empathy, altruism, learning about emotions, social interaction and acceptance of diversity, with presentation of conclusions about potential mediator factors that may interact with the influences of television portrayals.…”
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Asymmetries in Altruistic Behavior during Violent Intergroup Conflict by Hannes Rusch

“…If true, this would call for a refinement of theories of the evolutionary interaction of intergroup conflict and altruism.…”
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A reviewer's guide for management of the Open Journal System in the Cuban Journal of Dentistry by Alain Manuel Chaple Gil, Josefa Dolores Miranda Tarragó, Estela de los Ángeles Gispert Abreu

“…Therefore, the work of peer reviewers and editors in scientific journals requires systematic comprehensive training, responsibility, honesty and a high level of altruism, among other values, for they are in charge of passing objective and educational judgment on the papers evaluated, a task they often perform after fulfilling their occupational obligations. …”
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The Explanation of Categories and Concepts of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors with an Islamic-Iranian Approach; Meta–synthesis

“…These categories are: wisdom, critical insight, justice, altruism, good temper, virtue, cooperation, adherence to commitments and willingness to progress.…”
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People making deontological judgments in the Trapdoor dilemma are perceived to be more prosocial in economic games than they actually are. by Valerio Capraro, Jonathan Sippel, Bonan Zhao, Levin Hornischer, Morgan Savary, Zoi Terzopoulou, Pierre Faucher, Simone F Griffioen

“…Using economic games, we take two measures of general prosociality towards strangers: trustworthiness and altruism. Our results procure converging evidence for a perception gap according to which Trapdoor-deontologists are believed to be more trustworthy and more altruistic towards strangers than Trapdoor-consequentialists, but actually they are not so. …”
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Mathematical, Mathematics Educational, and Educational Values in Mathematical Modeling Tasks by Yüksel Dede, Veysel Akçakın, Gürcan Kaya

“…Educational values of social justice, equity, social welfare, humanity, and altruism were more important in the socio-critical modeling, while the value of individualism was more emphasized in the model-eliciting approach. …”
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Honesty as a Foundational Virtue According to Islamic Mystical Ethics: Introduction and Definition by Seyed Ahmad Fazeli

“…It is also in view of these analyses that mystics can explain how honesty can result in important ethical fruits, such as love for others, altruism, and abstaining from utilitarianism and egoism in actions, and how it leads to important psychological states, like happiness, satisfaction, hope, and strong inclination to virtues.…”
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Promotion of organ donation: current practices, issues, perspectives by O. N. Reznik, A. O. Reznik

“…Specific actions are proposed to make the practice of promoting ideas of deceased donation based on ethical principles and altruism in order to be more acceptable by the general public.…”
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« La tache rouge de l’espoir… », dans Fibrilles de Michel Leiris by Marianne Berissi

“…The trip to China in 1955, narrated in the third volume of La Règle du jeu, Fibrilles, leads Leiris to explore the territories that link the discovery of others to introspection, altruism as a form of solipsism so as to place the experience of intimacy in the heart of politics. …”
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Corporate Propensity for Long-Term Donations to Non-Profit Organisations: An Exploratory Study in Portugal by Beatriz Casais, Sara Santos

“…Interviewees highlighted the sense of altruism and the perceived importance of their donation for the well-being of people the institutions are supporting. …”
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On the robustness of gender differences in economic behavior by Helena Fornwagner, Brit Grosskopf, Alexander Lauf, Vanessa Schöller, Silvio Städter

“…We run an experimental online study with cis- and transgender participants that (1) looks into correlational differences between gender and sex for competitiveness, risk-taking, and altruism by comparing decisions across these different subject groups. (2) we prime participants with either a masculine or feminine gender identity to examine causal gender effects on behavior. …”
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NHS Values, Compassion and Quality Indicators for Relationship Based Person-Centred Healthcare; Comment on “Morality and Markets in the NHS” by John Cox

“…They have raised profound moral dilemmas of the internal and external market in their present form, such as the practicalities of distributive justice and the enhancement of autonomy – to which are added the preservation of personhood, the values of listening, the maintenance of altruism and the origins of compassion. It is asserted that the quality of healthcare is dependent on the quality of the caring relationship between healthcare staff members, and between staff and patients. …”
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Stabilization students' awareness based on training classes in EMS by Behzad Imani, Nahid Mohamadi, Arezo Karampourian, Saeid Dashti

“…The students' awareness of duty was high (80%), in the legal field was very weak and in some areas, such as respect, altruism was moderate.…”
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A survey Model for Common Citizenship Behavior, Spirituality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, in Iranian Public Sector (Case study IRAN Insurance Company )

“…The results produced by LISREL software technique from path analyses method shows that both GCB and spirituality in general have positive correlation with job attitudes and OCB in two general dimensions: altruism and compliance. Despite the significant and surprising differences in the details of studied relationship, the important and distinguished aspect of this study is that spirituality has more effect on OCB. …”
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