Prosocial behavior and altruism: A review of concepts and definitions
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Pfattheicher et al. supply the outcome/motive/norm taxonomy that this paper uses as an analytic instrument, but theirs is a typology of definitions rather than a measurement space.
“Pfattheicher et al. (12) supply the outcome/motive/norm taxonomy that this paper uses as an analytic instrument, but theirs is a typology of definitions rather than a measurement space.”
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The distinction among outcome-based, motive-based, and norm-based conceptions of altruism emphasizes respectively the consequences of an action, the individual's intentions, and the social or moral norms that guide behavior.
“This issue is reflected in the distinction among outcome-based, motive-based, and norm-based conceptions of altruism, which emphasize respectively the consequences of an action, the individual's intentions, and the social or moral norms that guide behavior (12).”
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- Pfattheicher, S., Nielsen, Y. A., & Thielmann, I.
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-04
- Volume
- 44
- Pages
- 124-129
- ISSN
- 2352-250X
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- 374
- References
- 6
- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Aarhus University
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