It can mean anything from altruistic love to brotherly love to lust".
But the preponderance of foreign-born workers in healthcare is not because of some altruistic love foreigners have of looking after British ill people.
I have been warning parents for almost a decade now that they are creating a generation of cranky narcissists who, on the one hand, will grow up to be unable to live without constant reassurance and indulgent attention; and on the other hand, will consider their own achievement levels above all else, including basic human values like empathy, cooperation and altruistic love.
We're doing ours primarily for money - not through altruistic love for the audience, although we're going to love doing it.
People don't always agree what the word love means, and even if they do, there are many categories of that most powerful of all feelings, from romantic love to altruistic love to Platonic love and so on.
To develop altruism means spending more time, let's say ten minutes every day, on filling our mental space with altruistic love, and if we get distracted, to concentrate on it again, or if it disappears, to bring it to life once again.
But what has changed are students' motivations for attending -- they are more likely than in the past to enroll as a way to improve job prospects, rather than out of the altruistic love of learning (according to the Higher Education Research Institute's annual Freshman norms survey).
As described in Dr. Ricard's instructions for novices: "During the training session, the subject will think about someone he cares about, such as his parents, sibling or beloved, and will let his mind be invaded by a feeling of altruistic love (wishing well-being) or of compassion (wishing freedom from suffering) toward these persons.
She said fans sometimes thanked her "for letting us see we're all the same," but her reason for being a cutup is less altruistic: "I love misbehaving".
Helping him face his issues is the most altruistic, selfless way to love him, whatever happens.
