Act of Generosity

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A Act of Generosity is a prosocial act of without expectation of reciprocity.



References

2021

  • (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generosity Retrieved:2021-5-16.
    • Generosity (also called largess) is the virtue of being liberal in giving, often as gifts. [1] Generosity is regarded as a virtue by various world religions, and is often celebrated in cultural and religious ceremonies. Scientific investigation into generosity has examined the effect of a number of scenarios and games on individuals' generosity, and potential links with neurochemicals such as oxytocin, and relationship with similar feelings, such as that of empathy.
  1. Michael Pakaluk, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction, 2005, p. 173 explains the translation difficulties and names generosity as the least bad translation of Greek eleutheriotes (Google Books)