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The 23 pages that link to Altruism, each with the reason it gives.

• EmpathyCompared with: Empathy may encourage altruism, but helping behavior does not require empathic feeling.

• EusocialityRelated: Nonreproductive helpers may incur costs while increasing the success of relatives' offspring.

• CompassionRelated: Compassion can motivate altruistic action, but does not require that action to occur.

• Prosocial behaviorCompared with: It is narrower than prosocial behavior because it centers on costs to the helper.

• Ayn RandCompared with: Rand rejected self-sacrifice as a moral duty and criticized altruism in that sense.

• HeroRelated: Selfless concern distinguishes many heroic aims from personal ambition.

• Moral motivationBroader topic: It is a prominent case of acting for another person's welfare.

• Ethical egoismCompared with: It names the other-regarding motivation ethical egoism does not require.

• The GiftCompared with: Mauss’s gifts may appear generous while still carrying expectations and social interests.

• SympathyRelated: Sympathy can motivate altruistic actions, though feeling concern alone is not altruism.

• Compassion meditationRelated: Compassionate intention can motivate altruistic action, though meditation alone is not action.

• GratitudeRelated: Gratitude may inspire altruistic action, but it is an appreciative response rather than selfless concern itself.

• Love (emotion)Related: Altruism captures a possible expression of love, not the feeling itself.

• PityRelated: Pity’s desire to help can lead to altruistic action, though feeling alone does not guarantee it.

• Pitirim SorokinRelated: Late in life, Sorokin made altruistic love a central subject of research and social reform.

• Rational egoismCompared with: It names the other-directed motivation rational egoism refuses to require as self-sacrifice.

• Self-transcendenceRelated: Acting for others makes self-transcendence visible in everyday choices.

• Patricia ChurchlandRelated: Churchland explains human helping partly through biological kinship and social attachment.

• KindnessRelated: Altruism describes other-benefiting action, while kindness also includes consideration and warmth.

• Yang ZhuCompared with: Yang Zhu’s reputation rests partly on resisting demands for self-sacrifice on others’ behalf.

• Evolution of moralityRelated: Its evolutionary explanation remains central to debates about genuinely selfless conduct.

• GenerosityRelated: It overlaps with generosity when giving is motivated by another person’s welfare.

• Rational choice modelRelated: Other-regarding preferences show that self-interest need not mean material gain.