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Pathological Altruism. A simple concept that could revolutionize scientific and social thought. By . James Taranto. Share. Resize. We don't think we'd ever heard of Oakland University, a second ...

Culture. Pathological Altruism: The Road to Hell Really Is Often Paved With Good Intentions Argues New Study. Ronald Bailey | 6.19.2013 9:31 AM ...

People who are overly altruistic to others have many labels. Toxic generosity, irrational generosity, pathological altruism, over-giving and people-pleasing are a few of these. Such people go ...

Pathological altruism is associated with disorders and conditions such as anorexia, the amorphous traits of codependency, animal hoarding, depression, excessive and misplaced guilt, ...

On Friday, James Taranto wrote about what he describes as "a simple yet versatile idea that could revolutionize scientific and social thought." That idea is the concept of "pathological altruism ...

And yet when altruism is unhealthy, when it goes too far, and it harms one physically or mentally or it harms the institutions the altruist is working in or the institution or the nation that the ...

Pathological Altruism. By James Taranto, Wall Street Journal - June 16, 2013. Email. Print. Comments. We don't think we'd ever heard of Oakland University, a second-tier institution in suburban ...

Scientists say that ostensibly generous behavior, taken to extremes, can become unhelpful, unproductive and even destructive.