From commercials to pop culture, our children are bombarded with messages that tell them it's better to get than to give. Yet, it's in giving that ultimately we may reap the most significant rewards, ...

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 ...

Recently I received a wonderful two-part teaching. In the evening I heard a lovely talk about a Buddhist view of generosity. As the teacher described it, generosity is, begins with, and grows from ...

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 ...

How to Be Generous (Even When Your Budget Isn't)Sometimes the hardest part of being a friend is feeling helpless when someone you care about is struggling. We all want to fix it, to be the one who ...

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 ...

Prominent American sociologist Randy Hodson coined the term “management citizenship behavior” (MCB) in a 2002 article and it still rings true today. His research concluded that MCB reduces conflict ...

Generosity is a wonderful thing. Not only does it do some good for someone else, but it benefits the giver. There are those who are generous all the time and others who go long periods without any ...

Precarity has become so commonplace in academe that even some of the tenured have adopted its cruel tactics. There is no other way to explain how those who espouse the most progressive of politics in ...