Altruism, such as volunteering and donating, has been shown to improve happiness and well-being, and may be fundamental to ...

Filmmaker Penny Lane joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” in which she ...

Directed by the Harvard Research Center in Creative Altruism, the experiment was successful. After 18 weeks of intensive and uncalled-for good deeds, Beverly's new attitude towards Gloria upheld ...

That’s why, as chief joyologist at Tito’s Handmade Vodka—seriously, that’s her real job title—she strives to incorporate the principles of altruism into all aspects of the company’s ...

Those efforts have helped inspire the Effective Altruism (EA) movement, a worldwide network of people who have made a commitment to fight global poverty and disease. Many members of EA have pledged to ...

While some have praised the act of kindness, others have expressed scepticism about his intentions: Is it really an act of altruism if it’s uploaded for clout? The 8-minute long video shows ...

Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? Kelsey Piper is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired section on the world’s biggest challenges.

Having children led Elissa Strauss to explore what it means to care, and whether we can expand the care we have for our kids to others. Research suggests that children are more generous when they give ...

Altruism is considered an attractive trait in romantic partners. Studies suggest that altruistic behaviors can signal good ...

Separated from its anchorage in religion, ethics has followed the social sciences in seeing human beings as fundamentally characterized by self-interest, so that altruism is either naively idealistic ...