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A few misunderstandings about reciprocal altruism
Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2010 Current discussion about reciprocal altruism is plagued by a few points of continuing disagreement/misunderstanding. In order to facilitate progress in understanding the role of reciprocity in animal societies, in this paper we try to highlight these ...
Gabriele Schino, Filippo Aureli
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Intergenerational altruism and neoclassical growth models [PDF]
This paper surveys intergenerational altruism in neoclassical growth models. It first examines Barro's approach to intergenerational altruism, whereby successive generations are linked by recursive altruistic preferences.
Michel, Philippe +2 more
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Animal empathy reconsidered: a multidimensional profile account
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Empathy is the glue that holds societies together and yet several fundamental questions about empathy persist. What is empathy (the definitional question)? Is it uniquely human and, if not, which nonhuman animals possess empathy (the distribution question)? Which type or quality of empathy is realized in different species (the quality question)
Albert Newen +5 more
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Utility versus Income-Based Altruism [PDF]
In Dictator Game experiments where the information status of the participants varies we find that a certain type of proposer tends to reduce his offers when the recipient has incomplete information about the pie size.
Kritikos, Alexander S., Bolle, Friedel
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Food‐solicitation displays in nestling birds: still begging for answers
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nestling begging is a key model for understanding animal communication and parent–offspring conflict. Dynamic begging displays are often interpreted as costly, honest signals of need, with honesty maintained by viability costs, as proposed in Godfray's influential signalling model.
Daniel Parejo‐Pulido, Tomás Redondo
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Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi DergisiAim: This study aimed to examine the relationship between the motivation, altruism and professional commitment levels of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aysel Özsaban +6 more
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Altruism: Should it be Included as an Attribute of Medical Professionalism?
Health Professions Education, 2018 Problem: Altruism is often included in classical and modern definitions of medical professionalism and some feel that medicine is a vocation where altruism is a pre-requisite.
Joanne Harris
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Is altruism bad for cooperation? [PDF]
Some philosophers and social scientists have stressed the importance for good government of an altruistic citizenry that values the well being of one another.
Samuel Bowles, Sung Ha Hwang
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular supply chain management (CSCM) practices are seen as a solution for addressing society's many significant environmental challenges. Although existing studies recognise the importance of reverse engineering in combating poverty, there is limited knowledge about its effectiveness in shaping CSCM practices to address climate change and ...
Yaw Agyabeng‐Mensah +2 more
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Siblings, Strangers, and the Surge of Altruism [PDF]
We demonstrate how altruism can surge in a population of nonaltruists. We assume that each individual plays a one-shot prisoner's dilemma game with his or her sibling, or with a stranger, and that the probability that an individual survives to reproduce ...
Stark, Oded
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