But, she acknowledged, there is also a less altruistic motivation.

Shivji argues also that the sudden rise of NGOs are part of a neoliberal paradigm rather than pure altruistic motivations.

Empathic concern may produce an altruistic motivation to reduce the other person's distress.

He has to have had some altruistic motivations.

Social motivations are the rewards of behaving pro-socially, such as altruistic motivations.

There are also other, less altruistic motivations, like those who start foundations on the advice of their tax advisers.

This reduces the influence of the other form of social or altruistic motivation, making it increasingly costly for the content host to retain long-term contributors.

The curious mix of altruistic and self-interested motivations that animate American food aid spring from its origins.

These findings have often been interpreted in terms of empathy causing increased altruistic motivation, which in turn causes helping behavior.

There are often plausible altruistic motivations for these decisions.