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tainted altruism: a standalone construct

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Moral psychology

the finding that doing some good while also benefiting oneself can be judged worse than doing no good at all.

In moral psychology, tainted altruism refers to the finding that doing some good while also benefiting oneself can be judged worse than doing no good at all. This meaning comes from Newman (2014) in Psychological Science.[1]

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References

Newman, G. E., & Cain, D. M. (2014). Tainted Altruism: When Doing Some Good Is Evaluated as Worse Than Doing No Good at All. Psychological Science, 25(3), 648-655. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613504785

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