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New research shows that people often feel worse when telling others about their good deeds than when keeping them private or discussing personal achievements.

For most people, helping others is intrinsically rewarding because of the release of dopamine. This makes the behavior self-reinforcing.

If it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything morally significant,” Singer argues, “we ought, morally, to do it.” This is the idea behind ...

When we focus on other people and things, we get outside of our heads. The act of hoping for the well-being of the natural ...

Kindness is contagious. See how small acts of love and generosity are making a big impact this World Kindness Day.

“One who lives the life of the universe cannot be much concerned for his own,” wrote the philosopher George Santayana in 1910. He was describing the Stoic tradition, but his remark is an equally apt ...

Prosociality refers to behaviours that are intended to benefit others, such as caring, sharing, donating, helping, and volunteering. They are altruistic if there are no expectations of benefits to ...