Beliefs About Humanity, Not Higher Power, Predict Extraordinary Altruism

Amormino, P., O'Connell, K., Vekaria, K.M., Robertson, E.L., Meena, L.B., & Marsh, A.A.

Extraordinary altruists' decisions to perform costly helping behaviors are predicted by their positive beliefs about the goodness of humanity rather than by religiosity or belief in a higher power.