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There is still debate, researchers say, over whether the behavior is instinctual or based in more complex thought or even ...

What is altruism? And is there a particular personality type that naturally delivers acts of kindness to others?

A new report published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution provides fresh clues on the origin of human ...

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In an effort to instil the principles of democratic participation through the experience of selecting their member ...

Opinion: Rachel Wasserman of Wasserman Business Law says law firms should decentralize, not consolidate, to provide good ...

Researchers and policy experts explain why Energy Star has been so successful and what we could do in its absence.

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That is the way of rational, “effective altruism,” of which Singer, as we know, is an intellectual founding father. Effective altruism is a philosophical movement aimed at maximizing good ...