Altruism - Religious Viewpoints

Religious Viewpoints

See also: Evolutionary origin of religions

Most, if not all, of the world's religions promote altruism as a very important moral value. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Sikhism, etc., place particular emphasis on altruistic morality.

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