In his parable “Seven Charitable Chimpanzees,” Scott Bates probes the reasons for charitable acts.
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Charitable Chimps Pick Fleas
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A Fable that Explains Charity
Scott Bates finds less than altruistic motives behind charitable acts but note that they end up in the right place anyway.
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7 Reasons We Help Others
Spiritual Sunday If I want to generate a spirited ethical discussion in a class, all I have to do is ask my students whether altruism derives from a higher moral sense or from enlightened self-interest. It is one of those questions that theologians, philosophers, biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others can debate for hours. They draw […]
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