altruist in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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You turned out to be a great entrepreneur, a visionary, and an incredible altruist.
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The altruist performs a behavior that benefits another individual but decreases their own fitness.
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Helping such group members may therefore eventually benefit the altruist.
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Many effective altruists attempt to live frugally by the standards of wealthy countries so that they can donate more.
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This may possibly be used as derogatory tactic against altruists, especially by those who are non-cooperators.
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Effective altruists do not necessarily reject the existence of supererogatory goods but are more likely to deny that a particular action is supererogatory.
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Since altruism takes away resources from the altruist it can be an honest signal of resource availability and the abilities needed to gather resources.
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The mimics would receive the benefits but would not incur the costs of caring for others, and so would out-compete the true altruists.
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Some effective altruists also pursue high-earning careers in order to have more money to donate.
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Thus, in each generation the number of altruists in the group would shrink compared to the number of selfish organisms.
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