Giving on the Edge: Effective Altruism’s Post-SBF Comeback After the epic downfall of its most prominent backer, Silicon Valley’s favorite philanthropic philosophy — Effective Altruism — is back and ...

Altruism is unselfish concern for the welfare of others. Like ‘empathy’, ‘altruism’ is a modern term, coined by the philosopher Auguste Comte (d. 1857) from the French autrui, which itself derives ...

Altruism, originating from the French word 'altruisme' coined by Auguste Comte, signifies selfless concern for others' ...

Where would you place yourself on the selfless-selfish continuum? Society seems to both implicitly and explicitly adore selflessness (or altruism) and abhor selfishness. From a very early age, we are ...