Mr. Phillips worked altruistically and tirelessly for the homeless. From LearnThat.org.
He knew that she was altruistically devoted to him. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin's Complaint] Reference
When one is altruistically driven, facts do not come into play. From Wordnik.com. [Gore sinks to a new low....] Reference
You can be both egotistically inclined and altruistically motivated. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Gates and the Greatest Tech Hack Ever - Anil Dash] Reference
He meant it not only altruistically, but also selfishly and realistically. From Wordnik.com. [Where do you want to live?] Reference
And to work internationally and altruistically in planning, design and building. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
There are no national rules governing who receives altruistically donated kidneys. From Wordnik.com. [Why It's Hard] Reference
When we have children we're forced to examine our choices and think altruistically. From Wordnik.com. [John Seed: Julie Heffernan: "Boy, O Boy" at PPOW Chelsea] Reference
The only people expected to behave altruistically in this high-profit business were donors. From Wordnik.com. [In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich] Reference
Well, of course we should do things altruistically, but strokes are nice once in a while too. From Wordnik.com. [Go, Volunteer Chaplains!] Reference
We are compelled to act altruistically while our opponents are amply rewarded for their efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Government Performance Effectiveness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
I must therefore almost certainly act altruistically if I desire to fight this new spending bill. From Wordnik.com. [Government Incentives, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The answers varied from the incredibly exciting, beautifully creative, and altruistically selfless. From Wordnik.com. [Runnin' the Great Wall...] Reference
Individuals who behave selfishly on markets can hardly behave wholly altruistically in political life. From Wordnik.com. [The Prize in Economics 1986 - Press Release] Reference
If organisms appear to be acting altruistically, they must really be acting for the good of their genes. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Evolution of Altruism] Reference
However, Trivers notes that the large fish sometimes appear to behave altruistically towards the cleaners. From Wordnik.com. [Biological Altruism] Reference
They are, after all, altruistically inclined and highly credentialed elites who should be running the world. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Believe in Moderate Global Warming, But Lose No Sleep Over It, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The latter is compelled to act altruistically against those who are often well compensated for their efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Trade Barriers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Purity, like health, like happiness, like so many of the higher aims of our life, has to be attained altruistically. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Womanhood, or Mothers and Sons A Book For Parents, And Those In Loco Parentis] Reference
When the kids start interacting with each other, half will behave altruistically (AS) and half will be selfish (SS). From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style] Reference
A synthesis of great minds and intellects, altruistically donating their time and effort in glorious cosmic synergy. From Wordnik.com. [Clandestine-Chemistry]
Research by Felix Warneken and Michael Tomasello indicates that toddlers as young as 18 months behave altruistically. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Solnit: Iceberg Economies and Shadow Selves: Further Adventures in the Territories of Hope] Reference
As I have pointed out repeatedly, one must essentially act altruistically to argue against a particular spending bill. From Wordnik.com. [Politics vs. Economics, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Well, except for one operation, which they perform altruistically only when necessary, and without a thought to a fee. From Wordnik.com. [July 25th, 2009] Reference
The A allele is assumed to be dominant, so AA and AS genotypes behave altruistically and SS genotypes behave selfishly. From Wordnik.com. [David Sloan Wilson: Truth and Reconciliation for Group Selection XII: Multilevel Selection Theory, Salsa Style] Reference
Imagine a gene which causes its bearer to behave altruistically towards other organisms, e.g. by sharing food with them. From Wordnik.com. [Biological Altruism] Reference
By behaving altruistically, would be the most common answer and by sacrificing one's interests in favour of one's friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Egoistic Friend] Reference
Such impending punishment generates anxiety whenever the person judges himself not to have been altruistically "sufficient". From Wordnik.com. [The Egoistic Friend] Reference
You therefore must act altruistically while those advocating for the program are usually well compensated for their efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Attribution Error, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
It questions our ability to conserve, live altruistically and to take steps to protect the environment for future generations. From Wordnik.com. [Consumed With Guilt] Reference
“Why do people start out acting altruistically, especially in these trust experiment games you perform?” asked His Holiness. From Wordnik.com. [Day Two of the Mind and Life XX Conference in Zurich] Reference
To be altruistically selfish, where you can care and have empathy for all others while maintaining a strong sense of self-purpose?. From Wordnik.com. [Robbie Gennet: Who Isn't John Galt?] Reference
We are struggling almost altruistically here, increasing awareness in Third World countries and also in the industrialized countries. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO INTERVIEW WITH ECUADORAN JOURNALISTS] Reference
This evening, however, she wasn't doing it altruistically, or for the fitness benefits derived from it, or to relieve workday tension. From Wordnik.com. [The Alibi]
Since altruistic acts are rare, the study should have set up a "help is needed" scenario to see which subjects respond altruistically. From Wordnik.com. [This Looks Important, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
In evolutionary biology, an organism is said to behave altruistically when its behaviour benefits other organisms, at a cost to itself. From Wordnik.com. [Biological Altruism] Reference
Hamilton's inequality can be satisfied so long as an animal behaves altruistically towards others animals that are in fact its relatives. From Wordnik.com. [Biological Altruism] Reference
People who are "God-fearing" and therefore act righteously are arguably acting in their enlightened self-interest rather than altruistically. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: Three liberal magazines assess Democratic options.] Reference
But in the original position itself the parties are not altruistically motivated to benefit each other, in their capacity as contracting parties. From Wordnik.com. [Original Position] Reference
Rather, Darwin visualized tribes with altruistically co-operative members spreading and becoming more numerous in terms of numbers of individuals. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
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