Attitudes towards climate policies partly depend on a consideration of future, as yet unborn, descendants. Women tended to show more ability to think about how future generations could benefit.
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Surrogacy can exploit women, but others may choose to be involved for altruistic reasons. A scholar points out that surrogacy’s ethical value is dependent upon the people and systems who use it.
The early Nelson comes across as a man consumed by insecurity and ambition, plagued by inner strife and anger.
Your great grandchildren are powerless in today’s society, but the things we do now influence them, for better or worse. What happens when we consider them while we make decisions today?
Nursing has long been seen as a vocation, not a skill. This impacts nursing staff and patients both.
Many well-intentioned people are supporting counterproductive efforts to help Ukraine. Behavioural science can explain why.
There’s a global trend towards ‘third age entrepreneurship’, but the motivations behind these senior start-ups might surprise.
As uncertainty abounds and anxiety skyrockets, you’ve probably heard advice to be patient, stay calm and keep the faith. Here are 10 concrete tips to help you actually manage the stress.
Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus’s spread.
Brain science suggests that seniors care more about the welfare of others than younger folks do.
Using distance to avoid getting sick has deep evolutionary roots for humans and many other species.
Using a survey taken from March 10 – March 16, social scientists tried to untangle the complicated connection between feelings of vulnerability and behavior change in response to the coronavirus.
We might recover our sense of being part of society.
Disasters and times of crisis bring out the best in most of us. Despite the media focus on initial panic at the COVID-19 pandemic, we are are starting to see a more heartening community response.
Some argue humans lack the altruism and long-term thinking that is needed to deal with the climate crisis. So how can you stay motivated?
Because most people want to be perceived as generous, sometimes monetary incentives for doing a good deed are counterproductive.
Vampire bats form social bonds similar to human friendships – and they’re good friends to those in need.
A thought experiment from Richard Dawkins’ book The Selfish Gene turned out to be a more realistic explanation for altruism than he expected.
Self-sacrifice isn’t all about selfish genes.
Is everything about who we are contained within our brains?
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