altruism Archive
It’s often said that the secret of happiness is to help others. To paraphrase the well-known Chinese proverb, “If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody,” yet many of …
Book Review: The Most Good You Can Do by Peter Singer (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015). ISBN 978-0-300-18027-5. Reviewed by Michael S. Dauber Peter Singer’s new book The Most Good You Can Do is the latest installment in …
Interesting new research from the University of Zurich suggests that Altruism in part might be linked to the amount of Gray Matter in your brain. “New research shows that people who behave more altruistically have more gray matter at the …
A good portion of human history has examined the emotional nature of animals and the moral responsibility that humans have when animals are concerned. In fact, often we find moral arguments against the consumption of animals based on belief that animals are sentient beings …
I was struck by the story of the man who gave the a space heater to hurricane victims without power. The very people he helped had helped him many years before. It illustrates the concept of pay it forward so …
