How AI Will Rewire Us
For better and for worse, robots will alter humans’ capacity for altruism, love, and friendship.
The Atlantic
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Robots Social Behavior Technology
Is a More Generous Society Possible?
Generosity helps communities manage risk and cope with disasters. New research untangles the factors that lead people to help neighbors in need.
SAPIENS
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Generosity
Does Taking Pleasure in Giving to Others Make Us Selfish?
Recent research helps explain the warm glow of giving.
For Goodness’ Sake, Psychology Today
Topics: Altruism Generosity Happiness
How to Do Good Better
The case for effective altruism, according to one of its founders.
Future Perfect, Vox
Topics: Altruism Ethics Morality Progress Values
Against Moral Sainthood
As philosopher Susan Wolf argues, life is far more meaningful and rich if we do not aim at being morally perfect.
Aeon
Topics: Altruism Ethics Happiness Meaning Morality
Superman May Inspire Altruistic Behavior
People exposed to images of Superman were more likely than others to engage in helpful behavior.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Altruism
When You’re Grateful, Your Brain Becomes More Charitable
How does being thankful about things in your own life relate to any selfless concern you may have about the well-being of others? A neuroscientist explores the gratitude/altruism connection.
The Conversation
Topics: Altruism Generosity Gratitude
The Magic Shop of the Brain
James Doty is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Stanford University and founding director of CCARE, the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education.
On Being
Topics: Altruism Compassion Flourishing Meditation Neuroplasticity
Altruists Make More Money and Have More Kids
There’s more evidence that selfishness is self-defeating.
Topics: Altruism Generosity Wealth
Science Proves That Being Nice Is Its Own Reward
Selfless acts of generosity activate the brain’s reward regions, making the warm glow of kindness a very real thing, according to British researchers.
Forbes
Topics: Altruism Decision-Making Generosity
Super Altruists (Who’ve Donated a Kidney to a Stranger) Show Heightened Empathic Brain Activity When Witnessing Strangers in Pain
The findings suggest that — at least for this group of “extraordinary altruists” — empathy for others may be a relevant driving force.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Altruism Empathy
Humans Might Not Be Altruistic ‘Avengers’ After All, Study Finds
Research contradicts the long-held belief that humans interfere when they see the abuse of strangers.
Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
Topics: Altruism Fairness
Should You Sometimes Be Bad for Another’s Good?
Empathizing with others leads not only to help and support but also to cruelty.
Topics: Altruism Emotion Empathy Success
Is the Key to Successful Prosocial Nudges Reputation?
Reputational motives drive prosocial behavior. How can we harness them for good?
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Reputation Social Behavior
Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations
What’s intriguing about anonymous giving, and other behaviors apparently designed to obscure good traits and acts, like modesty, is that it’s “hard to reconcile with standard evolutionary accounts of pro-social behavior,” the researchers write.
Nautilus
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Generosity Martin Nowak Reputation Social Behavior
To Get a Grip on Altruism, See Humans as Molecules
Can we explain altruism by casting humans as atoms and molecules, and societies or populations as solids, liquids, or gases?
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Martin Nowak Social Networks
True Generosity Involves More Than Just Giving
Virtues such as generosity are complicated. They involve more than just outward behavior. A person’s underlying thoughts, feelings, and motives matter, too.
Topics: Altruism Empathy Generosity
Harnessing Reputations to Inspire Altruism
How can you motivate people to give to charity, conserve resources, vote, volunteer — or generally to do more good for others?
TEDxCambridge
Topics: Altruism Reputation Social Behavior
What Are the Most Important Moral Problems of Our Time?
Will MacAskill is a co-founder of the effective altruism movement, a philosophy that tries to answer the question: How can we do as much good as possible?
TED
Topics: Altruism Ethics Morality Progress
The Elusive Calculus of Insects’ Altruism and Kin Selection
How the ultra-cooperative behavior of ants, bees, and other social insects could have evolved continues to challenge formal analysis. But a new theory that includes hedging bets against nature’s unpredictability may help to change the math and shift the debate.
Quanta Magazine
Topics: Altruism Cooperation Evolutionary Theory Social Behavior
Bonobos Spied Sharing a Feast
Researchers report for the first time wild apes sharing food with near strangers.
Topics: Altruism Animal Studies Social Behavior
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