Literary notes about altruistic (AI summary)
"Altruistic" in literature often functions as a multifaceted term that embodies both genuine selflessness and a critical examination of purported selflessness. On one hand, authors employ the word to describe noble sentiments that emphasize collective well-being and the suppression of selfish impulses, as seen when compassionate actions are elevated over negative traits ([1], [2], [3]). Conversely, the term is sometimes harnessed to question the authenticity of self-sacrifice, suggesting that seemingly altruistic endeavors might mask underlying personal ambitions or serve as rhetorical devices in ethical debates ([4], [5], [6]). In philosophical and psychological discourses, "altruistic" is further analyzed in relation to human nature, delineating the delicate interplay between egoistic drives and sincere moral impulses ([7], [8], [9]).
- It is to the advantage of society that altruistic and kindly feelings should outweigh jealousy, anger, and selfishness.
— from Society: Its Origin and Development by Henry K. (Henry Kalloch) Rowe - It is unconsciousness of self, altruistic interest, and inward kindliness, outwardly expressed in good manners.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - The essence of the higher morality is the predominance of the altruistic motives over the egoistic, in the deliberately reasoned control of conduct.
— from The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology With Some Attempt to Apply Them to the Interpretation of National Life and Character by William McDougall - Those who have made it appear to be laboring under the illusion that the Monroe Doctrine was wholly altruistic in its aim.
— from From Isolation to Leadership, RevisedA Review of American Foreign Policy by John Holladay Latané - No: she had another motive, and it wasn't any way altruistic."
— from Linda Lee, Incorporated: A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance - Besides, we were actuated by motives not entirely altruistic.
— from Jaffery by William John Locke - The state of being self -centered, self-conceited, and unduly self-confident; selfish as opposed to altruistic.
— from OrthographyAs Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins - An attempt is made to reconcile the altruistic mode of action with the natural order of things.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - —An "altruistic" morality, a morality under which selfishness withers, is in all circumstances a bad sign.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche
