Altruism
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Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to theinterests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism orselfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.
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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. -
the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
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the deliberate pursuit of the interests or welfare of others or the public interest.
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Not removing from the gene pool (slowly, painfully) all the back-stabbing a-holes in your life.
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shit that means badasses doing nice things for a while then going back to being cool and black and stuff.
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Paradigm that kindness to a genetically [diametric] entity will increase language robustness in ones own tribe.
This is because increased male inheritance in ones in-groups offspring leads to greater language-variability.
Thus: language variability [selects] pressure for male [cooperation]. -
willingness to do things that bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself:
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