Word: altruism
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...expounded in 1967 in The Theory of Island Biogeography, which he wrote with the late ecologist Robert MacArthur, provides the scientific bedrock for understanding the decline of ecosystems. The second concept, laid out in his 1975 book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, argues that social behaviors ranging from warfare to altruism have a genetic component. Cornell biologist Thomas Eisner describes Wilson as one of the "prime synthesizing minds in the world today...
Family has played a darker part in the Freemen drama as well, in the form of the twisted dynamic of the Clark clan, in which land, pride, stubbornness, greed and altruism all figure. Four Clarks are in the "Justus Township" compound: Emmett, 67, his brother Ralph, 65, Ralph's son Edwin, 45, and Edwin's son Casey, 22. But they no longer have legal title to the 960-acre farm occupied by the Freemen--or to some 4,000 adjacent acres once owned by Ralph, Emmett and Edwin. Mortgages on that land were foreclosed after the Clarks stopped making payments...
...fantastic visions of the accord's framers notwithstanding, opposition to Clinton's decision would remain solely upon the lack of a clearly defined national interest in Bosnia. America is a superpower but is has risen to that status not upon a policy of altruism and morality but one of military and economic efficiency. Many cite the misguided reasoning behind the Gulf War describing it as a war for oil, but as such it served American interests. Bosnia has no such resources to offer...
...reportedly found "resistance magazines" among Burmeister's belongings. Fort Bragg is home to the Special Forces Underground, a clandestine group that publishes the Resister, a newsletter that espouses the extreme positions that proliferate among right-wing militias. In a recent policy statement, the Underground announced its opposition to "liberalism, altruism, internationalism, tribalism, democracy ... [and] the ideologies of all tyrannies." The role of actual soldiers in the newsletter is murky...
...passerby yelled on her way into a taxi, "Students and faculty need housing too!" The University's interest, in this instance, is also that of the students. Harvard should not give into any hypocritical demands for altruism or false notions of socialistic equality. While Cantabrigians may mutter about fairness, we're not about to retreat to the original position...