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altruist

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One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to egoist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another. Ayn Rand

Is this the conduct of a ‘sly and unpredictable villain'?” "Decidedly so, if the villain, for the purposes of his joke, thinks to simulate the altruist.” "Then how will you know villain from altruist?” Cugel shrugged. "It is not an important distinction. Jack Vance

Altruistic behavior, behavior that increases the reproductive fitness of others at the apparent expense of the altruist, citation in some animals has been correlated to the degree of genome shared between altruistic individuals. Source: Internet

After an hour long conversation about some of the technical aspects of our project, Daniel the masquerading altruist stuck again, first crashing and then setting up syndicated subscription, RSS or email, via Feedburner. Source: Internet

The moralistic altruist may want to educate or even punish a cheater. Source: Internet

Hamilton's rule explains the evolutionary rationale behind this selection with the equation c Source: Internet

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