altruism

Amodei is considered a leading figure in the effective altruism and rationalism movements, which aim in part to reduce AI's risks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Just as your altruism or kindness can lead you astray, so can other motivations, like greed — participating in a get-rich-quick scam that seems too good to be true.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was established in 2002 to honor an individual in the television industry whose humanitarian efforts exemplify those of its namesake and his altruism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

While he blogged about students wasting time watching Netflix, he found something else to binge that would end up being far more important to his career: effective altruism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Still, his altruism in general toward his fellow man did not deflect him from more personal rivalries.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Unselfishness, devotion, pity and the higher altruisms all hark back to the home as their source.

From Woman in Modern Society by Earl Barnes

She tells us that Mr. Paice's life was one long series of gentle altruisms and the truest Christianities.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

Those who had glasses were mostly on the upper deck, so Jimmie did not see anything of the rescue; the transports, of course, did not swerve or delay, for their orders forbade all altruisms.

From Jimmie Higgins by Upton Sinclair