Timeline for What is a word describing being well enough off in your own life that you turn to helping others?
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 22:38 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | But this does not make 'wealthy' a requirement for being an altruist. It just shows that some altruists are wealthy. Indeed, Jesse Marczyk Ph.D., in a Psychology Today article titled The Altruism of the Rich and the Poor, writes: '[C]haritable giving appears to evidence a U-shaped distribution, in which the richest and poorest sections of the population contribut[e] a greater percentage of their income than those in the middle' | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 19:09 | comment | added | Runcy Oommen | @EdwinAshworth - Answer edited with proof that contains even list of celebrities as requested in the question | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 19:08 | history | edited | Runcy Oommen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 17:59 | comment | added | herisson | This seems to be a noun describing the person, not a name for that situation. | |
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 17:05 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Unless a definition of 'altruist' from a dictionary including the modifier 'wealthy' is added, I will not accept that the overlap of the synonyms is sufficient, and will feel obliged to downvote. | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 17:03 | history | answered | Runcy Oommen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |