Altruism Is Rewarding
- 26 March 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 171 (3977) , 1262-1263
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.171.3977.1262
Abstract
People will learn an instrumental conditioned response, the reward for which is the deliverance of another human being from suffering.Keywords
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