Generosity is one of the great virtues. Generous people are kind and caring towards others, they value the potential of each person and offer emotional, economic, spiritual or practical support ...

There's a folktale we all know: a princess needs rescuing, and the hero, the youngest of three brothers, finds a way to slay the monster and rescue her (to much rejoicing). In the end they marry and ...

Editor’s Note: In the wake of the ubiquitous Ice Bucket Challenge, Americans looked like a fairly generous lot. But based on data collected in 2010 for the University of Notre Dame’s Science of ...

When you think of success, the first association to come to mind is probably not generosity, a term we think of in relation to giving to charity or picking up a lunch check. Being a generous leader ...

There seems to be an awe around philanthropy. An acknowledgement that it is so fragile and precious that it should never be sniffed at, questioned, challenged or told that it is failing to live up to ...

I’m skeptical about the benefits of compassion meditation. Scientists, like humans generally, fall into the trap of looking for explanations that suit them best. Meditation may indeed do all that is ...

Do you think your life will change much in the next year? If so, it could be a good time for a charity to ask you for a donation. According to research by Assistant Professor Daniel M. Bartels, with ...

Generous welfare benefit levels make people who are not in employment more likely to want to work rather than less, new research suggests. "Many scholars and commentators fear that generous social ...

Parents who give money to charity could see a lifelong benefit for their own kids. Children in families with strong philanthropic traditions are more likely to grow up acting generously–and be ...

As economic inequality in the United States continues to increase, a new study offers some discouraging news for anyone expecting the rich to spontaneously help those who have less. In a series of ...