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Showing 1 to 20 of 225 for “"Altruism"”.
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Altruism and Civic Virtue Phenomenology Study
… Citizenship Behavior (OCB), specifically altruism and civic virtue. The first chapter is the introductory chapter containing the statement of the problem, purpose of the study, research question, aim of the DIP, definition of relevant terms, and methodological overview. The second chapter …
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Behavioural antecedents of altruism: a comparative analysis
Altruism has two main aspects; the one philosophical and the other scientific. After a discussion of the main issues raised by the concept, two definitions having similar criteria were developed. Flight calls in male pheasants were then studied in order to place them either in one of the two …
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Redefining marketing : self-interest, altruism and solidarity
… marketing. 'Homo economicus' is rejected, while altruism and solidarity are affirmed to be highly significant motivations in understanding and influencing the behaviour of target publics in certain nonbusiness marketing situations. Hence, a new definition of marketing based on behaviour change is …
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A Subjective Expected Utility Model of Altruism
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-13T18:21:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7606749.pdf: 4241296 bytes, checksum: 765cec5ea90753bd0e1db9c4e5221eb4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1975
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Altruism and the role of affect: an investigation into the causal effects of positive emotions and its rationality on altruism
… emotions causes an increase in individual altruism and do not imply irrationality according to standard axiomatic frameworks in economics. This contrasts with the view of earlier investigators that emotions are disruptive in decision making. This dissertation is divided into five chapters. …
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Four essays on risk, altruism, and social norms
Altruism and cooperation phenomena have been extensively studied by psychology and the social sciences. Recently, these concepts have become increasingly important in economics as well. The field of game theory has formalized strategic behavior, and theoretical models of social preferences have …
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Attitudes, Normative Beliefs, and Altruism: Help for Helping Behavior
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T21:07:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511822.pdf: 3050001 bytes, checksum: dfc5dc5db21d9fd9e3d783f903140eae (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Physical attractiveness, altruism and fairness in a game-theoretic framework
Altruism and cooperation have been troubling concepts for theorists. Where altruism towards kin is well-researched, altruism towards non-kin is an evolutionary puzzle. There have been advances in evolutionary psychology where theorists have explored the evolution of altruism through the lens of …
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An Investigation Of Altruism And Personality Variables Amongbeginning Counseling Students
<p>Altruism is loosely defined as a desire to help others as well as acts and behaviors towards that end, particularly when no expectation of personal gain or reward exists (Batson, Fultz, Schoenrade & Paduano, 1987). It seems likely that individuals who choose to pursue acareer in counseling might …
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Positive Altruism: Helping that Benefits Both the Recipient and Giver
… have on our well-being. This paper explores altruism, which is behavior motivated by the unselfish goal of helping others. Positive altruism occurs when altruistic behavior increases the welfare of both the benefactor and beneficiary. Research suggests that the source of altruism is empathy, …
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Experimental Perspectives on Intergenerational Altruism: A Study on Public Good Dilemmas
Humans evolved over millennia into agents that invest heavily, both directly and indirectly, in their children. Part of the investment into children is represented by contributions to long-run public goods, including the educational system, the health-care system, major infrastructures and …
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Pragmatism and Effective Altruism: An Essay on Epistemology and Practical Ethics
… an American Pragmatist reading of the Effective Altruism philosophy and movement. The criticism levied against Effective Altruism here begins from one of its founding principles, and extends to practical aspects of the movement. The utilitarian leaders of Effective Altruism consider Sidgwick’s …
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From adversity to altruism and beyond: a pastoral theology of resilience
… by a<br/>progression from adversity to altruism.<br/>These themes from resilience literature are brought into conversation with the<br/>biblical tradition of the desert where the landscape and metaphor of the desert<br/>point to three movements of a resilience process: embracing the …
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The law and psychology of altruism in allocating scarce medical resources
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Help! not just anybody : essays on altruism and conflicts of interest
… if you have these ends. Chapter 2, "Ambition and Altruism in the Dynamic Moral Life," poses a puzzle. We would like an account of beneficence to be moderately demanding, and yet still to require you to be ambitious with your altruism. How can these diverging desiderata be simultaneously met? …
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Peace on Earth and goodwill toward men: altruism of long term volunteers
… to formulating a new theoretical framework of altruism based on twelve in-depth interviews with a heterogenous group of long term volunteers from a single community. Interviews were first analyzed separately to construct a clear sense of each individuals’ motivations for volunteering, then …
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Decomposing trust into risk preferences, altruism, and subjective beliefs: An experimental analysis
… that factors such as risk preferences, altruism, and subjective beliefs may confound this measure of trust, thereby questioning the validity of using the 'amount sent’ to elicit people’s levels of trust. To understand these factors, we designed and conducted an incentive-compatible …
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The Ambivalence of Altruism: White Canadian Women in International Development in East Africa
This dissertation investigates what remains of ‘the white man’s burden’ – or, in this case, the ‘white woman’s burden’ – and how it continues to structure the ethos and everyday lives of white women Canadian development workers living and working in East Africa. While those who decide to work …
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The failure of altruism: Alternatives to improve the donor rate in organ transplantation
Ethical and moral issues facing potential organ donors, their families or agents, and the medical community are created and driven by the rapidly expanding demand for the life-giving resource (ever more successfully utilized)--a factor coupled with the persistently scarce and relatively constant …
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