The belief that perhaps humans should occasionally give a shit about other humans.
See also: Evolutionary adaptations that precipitate the continuation of life in the universe.
lol, Altruism? Why should I have to pay for someone elses' continued survival? Let natural selection take it's place *lol* (Three-billion years of multicellular evolution for nothing)
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the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
She has to much altruism.
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shit that means badasses doing nice things for a while then going back to being cool and black and stuff.
The motorcycle gang was in a state of altruism when they painted the old hookers house but then went back to usual by fucking the old mother fuckin bastard.
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Paradigm that kindness to a genetically diametric entity will increase language robustness in one's own tribe.
This is because increased male inheritance in one's in-group's offspring leads to greater language-variability.
Thus: language variability selects pressure for male cooperation.
Altruism exists because genes loop; genes loop because language loops.
Thus genes are based on language...
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the deliberate pursuit of the interests or welfare of others or the public interest.
Wow, that Steve McGuire really hooked us up on Yankee tickets. Talk about altruism!
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Not removing from the gene pool (slowly, painfully) all the back-stabbing a-holes in your life.
"That *@#!*%#*! back-stabbed me so bad! He/She is lucky I believe in altruism!"
revenge betrayal mercy backstab benevolent
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When one's unsolicited help causes damage.
She has a terrible habit of intruding to help when not even asked for, which mostly ends in a disaster. That is the definition of toxic altruism.
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