altruistic
Example Sentences
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Some claim that “altruistic” surrogacy, where payment is limited to “pregnancy-related expenses,” makes it ethical.
"The ability to sell or profit from human remains I think complicates the altruistic idea of donating for education," she says.
From BBC
“It wasn’t so altruistic as it may have seemed at the time.”
From Los Angeles Times
They are honorable, of course, and when we meet Ghost, we discover motivations that are similarly altruistic, if a bit shallowly written.
From Los Angeles Times
He was galvanized early in life by liberation theology, a logical philosophy for someone who recognizes Jesus as the altruistic, peace-loving hippie he is depicted as in the New Testament.
From Salon
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