Here was lofty endeavour, idealism, a burning spirituality; and not all the pettinesses unavoidable in such an organisation as a Sunday-school could hide the difference between this impassioned altruism and the ignoble selfishness of the worldly.
They'll play on your guilt, conceal their evil in altruism, or exploit your sympathies, and the sooner you realize what's really happening, the sooner you can begin to confront them and root them out for good.
Compassion and altruism seem central.
Not only does altruism make you more attractive, but couples that do charity work together are often more intimate and emotionally connected.
"You feel a distance from your sense of self," said Emma Seppala, the associate director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Altruism 4.
The term altruism was originally coined by philosopher Auguste Comte.
More than anything else, the ice bucket videos feel like an exercise in raising awareness of one's own zaniness, altruism, and/or attractiveness in a wet T-shirt.
These are integrity, righteousness, loyalty, altruism and jen (to respect all living things).
