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“Altruism has always been one of biology's deep mysteries. Why should any animal, off on its own, specified and labeled by all sorts of signals as its individual self, choose to give up its life in aid of someone else?”

Giving Should Self Individual Animal Mystery Giving Up Aids Biology Altruism Signals Humanitarianism

Book:Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

Source: Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

“Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?”

Men Chance Missing Humanitarianism Ungrateful

Author:Denis Diderot

“Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.”

People Ifs World Humans Faces Evil Silence Rights Violence Universal Silent Human Rights Denied Humanitarianism Indivisible Human Freedom

Author:Vaclav Havel

“It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.”

Writing Whole Lying Values Turns Social Existence Compassion Moral Vision Class Middle Pity Middle Class Feminine Honour Sympathy Spheres Centre Humanitarianism Confined Upper Class

Author:Terry Eagleton