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Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2000s | 2000s
Year Film Art director(s) Set decorator(s)2000(73rd) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Timmy Yip — Gladiator Arthur Max Crispian Sallis How the Grinch Stole Christmas Michael Corenblith Merideth Boswell Quills Martin Childs Jill Quertier Vatel Jean Rabasse Françoise Benoît-Fresco 2001(74th) Moulin Rouge! Catherin... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2010s | 2010s
Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2010(83rd) Alice in Wonderland Robert Stromberg Karen O'Hara Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Stuart Craig Stephenie McMillan Inception Guy Hendrix Dyas Larry Dias and Doug Mowat The King's Speech Eve Stewart Judy Farr True Grit Jess Gonchor Nancy Ha... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | 2020s | 2020s
Year Film Production designer(s) Set decorator(s)2020(93rd) Mank Donald Graham Burt Jan Pascale The Father Peter Francis Cathy Featherstone Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Mark Ricker Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton News of the World David Crank Elizabeth Keenan Tenet Nathan Crowley Kathy Lucas 2021(94th) Dune Patri... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Notes | Notes |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Shortlisted finalists | Shortlisted finalists
Finalists for Best Production Design were selected by branch members, who voted for ten finalists which were screened to determine the five nominees.
Year FinalistsRef 1967 Barefoot in the Park, Bonnie and Clyde, The Flim-Flam Man, The Happiest Millionaire, In Like Flint 1968 Funny Girl, The Kill... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Individuals with multiple wins | Individuals with multiple wins
11 wins
Cedric Gibbons
8 wins
Edwin B. Willis
7 wins
Richard Day
6 wins
Thomas Little
Walter M. Scott
5 wins
Lyle R. Wheeler
4 wins
John Box
Samuel M. Comer
F. Keogh Gleason
George James Hopkins
3 wins
Edward Carfagno
Stuart Craig
William S. Darling
John DeCuir
Verno... |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | See also | See also
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards
List of Academy Award–nominated films |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | References | References
Best Production Design
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Category:Awards for best production design |
Academy Award for Best Production Design | Table of Content | Short description, Superlatives, Winners and nominees, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Notes, Shortlisted finalists, Individuals with multiple wins, See also, References |
Academy Awards | Short description | The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The Os... |
Academy Awards | History | History
The first Academy Awards presentation was held on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner function at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with an audience of about 270 people.
The post-awards party was held at the Mayfair Hotel. The cost of guest tickets for that night's ceremony was (). Fifteen statuettes were awarde... |
Academy Awards | Milestones | Milestones
The first Best Actor awarded was Emil Jannings, for his performances in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As he had to return to Europe before the ceremony, the Academy agreed to give him the prize early, making him the first Academy Award recipient. For the first Awards, winners were recognized f... |
Academy Awards | Oscar statuette | Oscar statuette |
Academy Awards | Overview | Overview
The Oscar statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, is given to winners of each year's awards. Made of gold-plated bronze on a black metal base, it is tall, weighs and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes represent... |
Academy Awards | Naming | Naming
The origin of the nickname of the trophy has been disputed, as multiple people have taken credit for naming the trophy "Oscar".
Margaret Herrick, librarian and president of the Academy, may have said she named it after her supposed uncle Oscar in 1931. The only corroboration was a 1938 clipping from the Los A... |
Academy Awards | Engraving | Engraving
To prevent information identifying the Oscar winners from leaking ahead of the ceremony, Oscar statuettes presented at the ceremony have blank baseplates. Until 2010, winners returned their statuettes to the Academy and had to wait several weeks to have their names inscribed on their respective Oscars. Sinc... |
Academy Awards | Ownership of Oscar statuettes | Ownership of Oscar statuettes
Before 1950, Oscar statuettes were, and remain, the property of the recipient. Since then the statuettes have been legally encumbered by the requirement that the statuette be first offered for sale back to the Academy for . If a winner refuses to agree to this stipulation, then the Acade... |
Academy Awards | Other awards presented by the Academy | Other awards presented by the Academy
In addition to the Academy Award of Merit (Oscar award), there are nine honorary (non-competitive) awards presented by the Academy from time to time (except for the Academy Honorary Award, the Technical Achievement Award, and the Student Academy Awards, which are presented annua... |
Academy Awards | Nomination | Nomination
From 2004 to 2020, the Academy Award nomination results were announced to the public in mid-January. Prior to that, the results were announced in early February. In 2021, the nominees were announced in March. In 2022, the nominees were announced in early February for the first time since 2003. |
Academy Awards | Voters | Voters
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, is composed of 9,905 voting members .
Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. , actors constitute the largest bloc, numbering 1,258 (1... |
Academy Awards | Rules | Rules
According to Rules 2 and 3 of the official Academy Awards Rules, a film must open in the previous calendar year, from midnight at the start of January 1 to midnight at the end of December 31, in Los Angeles County, California, and play for seven consecutive days, to qualify, except for the Best International Fe... |
Academy Awards | Academy Screening Room | Academy Screening Room
The Academy Screening Room or Academy Digital Screening Room is a secure streaming platform which allows voting members of the Academy to view all eligible films in one place. It was introduced in 2019, for the 2020 Oscars. DVD screeners and Academy in-person screenings were still provided. For... |
Academy Awards | Awards ceremonies | Awards ceremonies |
Academy Awards | Telecast | Telecast
thumb|The 31st Academy Awards, Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 1959
thumb|The 81st Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2009
thumb|The 95th Academy Awards, Dolby Theatre, 2023
The major awards are presented at a live televised ceremony, commonly in late February or early March following the relevant calendar year, an... |
Academy Awards | TV ratings | TV ratings
thumb|Academy Awards Viewership 1974–2023, in millions
Historically, the telecast's viewership is higher when box-office hits are favored to win the Best Picture award. More than 57.25million viewers tuned to the telecast for the 70th Academy Awards in 1998, the year of Titanic, which generated a box offic... |
Academy Awards | Archive | Archive
The Academy Film Archive holds copies of every Academy Awards ceremony since the 1949 Oscars, as well as material on many prior ceremonies, along with ancillary material related to more recent shows. Copies are held in a variety of film, video and digital formats. |
Academy Awards | Venues | Venues
In 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented at a banquet dinner at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. From 1930 to 1943, the ceremony alternated between two venues: the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard and the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood then hosted th... |
Academy Awards | Categories | Categories |
Academy Awards | Current categories | Current categories
+ List of current Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Category 1927/28 Best Picture 1927/28 Best Director 1927/28 Best Actor 1927/28 Best Actress 1927/28 Best Cinematography 1927/28 Best Production Design 1927/28 Best Adapted Screenplay 1929/30 Best S... |
Academy Awards | Upcoming categories | Upcoming categories
+ List of upcoming Awards of Merit categories Year introduced (planned) Category 2026 Best Casting2028 Best Stunt Design
In February 2024, the Academy announced it would introduce an award for Achievement in Casting from the 98th ceremony in 2026, having rejected the category in 1999. In April 20... |
Academy Awards | Discontinued categories | Discontinued categories
+ List of discontinued Awards of Merit categories by year introduced, sortable by category Year introduced Year discontinued Category 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Comedy Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Director, Dramatic Picture 1927/28 1927/28 Best Engineering Effects 1927/28 1927/28 Best Titl... |
Academy Awards | Proposed categories | Proposed categories
The Board of Governors meets each year and considers new award categories, including:
Best Popular Film: proposed in 2018 for presentation at the 2019 ceremony; postponed and yet to be implemented
Best Title Design: rejected in 1999 |
Academy Awards | Special categories | Special categories
The Special Academy Awards are voted on by special committees, rather than by the Academy membership as a whole. They are not always presented on an annual basis. |
Academy Awards | Current special categories | Current special categories
Academy Honorary Award: since 1929
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (three different awards): since 1931
Gordon E. Sawyer Award: since 1981
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: since 1957
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award: since 1938 |
Academy Awards | Discontinued special categories | Discontinued special categories
Academy Juvenile Award: 1934 to 1960
Academy Special Achievement Award: from 1972 to 1995, and again for 2017 |
Academy Awards | Criticism and controversies | Criticism and controversies |
Academy Awards | Accusations of commercialism | Accusations of commercialism
Due to the positive exposure and prestige of the Academy Awards, many studios spend around 25 million dollars and hire publicists specifically to promote their films during what is typically called the "Oscar season". This has generated accusations of the Academy Awards being influenced m... |
Academy Awards | Accusations of bias | Accusations of bias
Typical criticism of the Academy Awards for Best Picture is that among the winners and nominees there is an over-representation of romantic historical epics, biographical dramas, romantic dramedies and family melodramas, most of which are released in the U.S. in the last three months of the calen... |
Academy Awards | Lack of diversity | Lack of diversity
The Academy Awards have long received criticism over its lack of diversity among the nominees. This criticism is based on the statistics from every Academy Awards since 1929, which show that only 6.4% of Academy Award nominees have been non-white and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have been non-white... |
Academy Awards | Miscategorization of actors | Miscategorization of actors
The Academy has no rules for how to categorize whether a performance is leading or supporting, and it is up to the discretion of the studios whether a given performance is submitted for either Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress. This has led to situations where a film has... |
Academy Awards | Symbolism or sentimentalization | Symbolism or sentimentalization
Acting prizes in certain years have been criticized for not recognizing superior performances so much as being awarded for personal popularity, to make up for a "snub" for a work that proved in time to be more popular or renowned than the one awarded (a 'make-up Oscar'), or as a "caree... |
Academy Awards | Recognition of streaming media film | Recognition of streaming media film
Following the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019 in which the Netflix-broadcast film Roma had been nominated for ten awards including the Best Picture category, Steven Spielberg and other members of the Academy discussed changing the requirements through the Board of Governors fo... |
Academy Awards | 2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident | 2022 Chris Rock and Will Smith slapping incident
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head with a G.I. Jane reference. Will Smith walked onstage and slapped Rock across the face, then returned to his seat and told Rock, twice, to "Keep my wife's name ou... |
Academy Awards | Refusals of the award | Refusals of the award
Some winners critical of the Academy Awards have boycotted the ceremonies and refused to accept their Oscars. The first to do so was screenwriter Dudley Nichols (Best Writing in 1935 for The Informer). Nichols boycotted the 8th Academy Awards ceremony because of conflicts between the Academy and... |
Academy Awards | Disqualifications | Disqualifications
Seven films have had nominations revoked before the official award ceremony:
The Circus (1928) – The film was voluntarily removed by the Academy from competitive categories, to award Charlie Chaplin a special award.
Hondo (1953) – Removed from the Best Story ballot after letters from the producer... |
Academy Awards | Remarks about animated films as children's genre | Remarks about animated films as children's genre
At the 94th Academy Awards in 2022, the award for the Best Animated Feature was presented by three actresses who portrayed Disney princess characters in live-action remakes of their respective animated films: Lily James (Cinderella), Naomi Scott (Aladdin), and Halle Ba... |
Academy Awards | Associated events | Associated events
The following events are closely associated with the annual Academy Awards:
Governors Awards, which includes the presentation of the Academy Honorary Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards (2010), usually held in S... |
Academy Awards | Presenter and performer gifts | Presenter and performer gifts
It has become a tradition to give out gift bags to the presenters and performers at the Oscars. In recent years, these gifts have been extended to award nominees and winners. The value of each of these gift bags can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. In 2014, the value was repo... |
Academy Awards | Television ratings and advertisement prices | Television ratings and advertisement prices
From 2006 onwards, results are Live+SD; all previous years are live viewing.
Year Viewers,millions Ad price,USD, millions Adjusted price,USD, millions Network 2025 19.69 1.7-2.3 Not available ABC 2024 19.49 1.7-2.2 Not available 2023 18.7 2.1 Not available 2022 16.6 1.71 ... |
Academy Awards | Notable highest wins and nominees | Notable highest wins and nominees |
Academy Awards | By films | By films
The following nominees received at least 10 nominations:
Nominations Title 14 All About Eve Titanic La La Land 13 Gone with the Wind From Here to Eternity Mary Poppins Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Forrest Gump Shakespeare in Love The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Chicago The Curious Case... |
Academy Awards | By franchises | By franchises
The following nominees received at least 5 nominations:
Nominations Title No. of films 38 Star Wars 11 37 Middle-earth (consists of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) 6 29 Batman 7 28 The Godfather 3 27 Marvel Cinematic Universe 15 19 James Bond 11 16 Looney Tunes 16 16 Star Trek 7 15 Dune 2 15 In... |
Academy Awards | By people | By people
The following nominees received at least 5 nominations:
Nominations Title Role 59 Walt Disney Producer, animator, and voice actor 54 John Williams Composer 45 Alfred Newman Composer 39 Cedric Gibbons Production designer 35 Edith Head Costume designer 32 Edwin B. Willis Production designer 29 Lyle R. Whee... |
Academy Awards | See also | See also
List of film awards
List of Academy Award-nominated films
List of actors with Academy Award nominations
List of superlative Academy Award winners and nominees |
Academy Awards | Footnotes | Footnotes |
Academy Awards | References | References |
Academy Awards | Further reading | Further reading
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Academy Awards | External links | External links
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Academy Awards | Table of Content | Short description, History, Milestones, Oscar statuette, Overview, Naming, Engraving, Ownership of Oscar statuettes, Other awards presented by the Academy, Nomination, Voters, Rules, Academy Screening Room, Awards ceremonies, Telecast, TV ratings, Archive, Venues, Categories, Current categories, Upcoming categories, Di... |
Actrius | Use dmy dates | Actresses (Catalan: Actrius) is a 1997 Catalan language Spanish drama film produced and directed by Ventura Pons and based on the award-winning stage play E.R. by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. The film has no male actors, with all roles played by females. The film was produced in 1996. |
Actrius | Synopsis | Synopsis
In order to prepare herself to play a role commemorating the life of legendary actress Empar Ribera, young actress (Mercè Pons) interviews three established actresses who had been the Ribera's pupils: the international diva Glòria Marc (Núria Espert), the television star Assumpta Roca (Rosa Maria Sardà), and... |
Actrius | Cast | Cast
Núria Espert as Glòria Marc
Rosa Maria Sardà as Assumpta Roca
Anna Lizaran as Maria Caminal
Mercè Pons as Estudiant |
Actrius | Recognition | Recognition |
Actrius | Screenings | Screenings
Actrius screened in 2001 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in an American Cinematheque retrospective of the works of its director. The film had first screened at the same location in 1998. It was also shown at the 1997 Stockholm International Film Festival. |
Actrius | Reception | Reception
In Movie - Film - Review, Christopher Tookey wrote that though the actresses were "competent in roles that may have some reference to their own careers", the film "is visually unimaginative, never escapes its stage origins, and is almost totally lacking in revelation or surprising incident". Noting that the... |
Actrius | Awards and nominations | Awards and nominations
1997, won 'Best Catalan Film' at Butaca Awards for Ventura Pons
1997, won 'Best Catalan Film Actress' at Butaca Awards, shared by Núria Espert, Rosa Maria Sardà, Anna Lizaran, and Mercè Pons
1998, nominated for 'Best Screenplay' at Goya Awards, shared by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet and Ventur... |
Actrius | References | References |
Actrius | External links | External links
as archived 17 February 2009 (Spanish)
Category:1997 films
Category:1997 drama films
Category:Catalan-language films
Category:Films set in Barcelona
Category:Films directed by Ventura Pons
Category:Spanish drama films
Category:1990s Spanish films
Category:Buena Vista International films |
Actrius | Table of Content | Use dmy dates, Synopsis, Cast, Recognition, Screenings, Reception, Awards and nominations, References, External links |
Animalia (book) | Short description | Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition was also published in 1996, with a... |
Animalia (book) | Synopsis | Synopsis
Animalia is an alliterative alphabet book and contains twenty-six illustrations, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each illustration features an animal from the animal kingdom (A is for alligator and armadillo, B is for butterfly, C is for cat, etc.) along with a tongue-twister utilizing the letter of the p... |
Animalia (book) | Related products | Related products
Julia MacRae Books published an Animalia colouring book in 2008. H. N. Abrams also published a wall calendar colouring book version for children the same year.
H. N. Abrams published The Animalia Wall Frieze, a fold-out over 26 feet in length, in which the author created new riddles for each letter.
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Animalia (book) | Adaptations | Adaptations
A television series was also created, based on the book, which airs in Canada. The Australian Children's Television Foundation released a teaching resource DVD-ROM in 2011 to accompany the TV series with teaching aids for classroom use.
In 2010, The Base Factory and AppBooks released Animalia as an applica... |
Animalia (book) | Awards | Awards
Animalia won the Young Australian's Best Book Award in 1987 for Best Picture Story Book.
The Children's Book Council of Australia designated Animalia a 1987 Picture Book of the Year: Honour Book.
Kid's Own Australian Literature Awards named Animalia the 1988 Picture Book Winner. |
Animalia (book) | References | References |
Animalia (book) | External links | External links
Graeme Base's official website
A Learning Time activity guide for Animalia created by The Little Big Book Club
Category:1986 children's books
Category:Alphabet books
Category:Australian children's books
Category:Children's books about animals
Category:Picture books by Graeme Base
Category:Puffin Book... |
Animalia (book) | Table of Content | Short description, Synopsis, Related products, Adaptations, Awards, References, External links |
International Atomic Time | Short description | International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name Temps atomique 1975) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. It is ... |
International Atomic Time | Operation | Operation
TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories worldwide. The majority of the clocks involved are caesium clocks; the International System of Units (SI) definition of the second is based on caesium. The clocks are compared using GPS signals and two-way ... |
International Atomic Time | History | History
Early atomic time scales consisted of quartz clocks with frequencies calibrated by a single atomic clock; the atomic clocks were not operated continuously. Atomic timekeeping services started experimentally in 1955, using the first caesium atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory, UK (NPL). It was use... |
International Atomic Time | Relation to UTC | Relation to UTC
Contrary to TAI, UTC is a discontinuous time scale. It is occasionally adjusted by leap seconds. Between these adjustments, it is composed of segments that are mapped to atomic time by a constant offset. From its beginning in 1961 through December 1971, the adjustments were made regularly in fractiona... |
International Atomic Time | See also | See also
Clock synchronization
Time and frequency transfer |
International Atomic Time | Notes | Notes |
International Atomic Time | References | References
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International Atomic Time | Footnotes | Footnotes |
International Atomic Time | Bibliography | Bibliography
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International Atomic Time | External links | External links
BIPM technical services: Time Metrology
Time and Frequency Section - National Physical Laboratory, UK
IERS website
NIST Web Clock FAQs
History of time scales
NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock
Japan Standard Time Project, NICT, Japan
Standard of time definition: UTC, GPS, LORAN and TAI
... |
International Atomic Time | Table of Content | Short description, Operation, History, Relation to UTC, See also, Notes, References, Footnotes, Bibliography, External links |
Altruism | Short description | thumb|Giving alms to the poor is often considered an altruistic action.
Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity.
The word altruism was popularised (and possibly coined) by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in French, as , for an antonym of egoism. He d... |
Altruism | The notion of altruism | The notion of altruism
The concept of altruism has a history in philosophical and ethical thought. The term was coined in the 19th century by the founding sociologist and philosopher of science Auguste Comte, and has become a major topic for psychologists (especially evolutionary psychology researchers), evolutionary ... |
Altruism | Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism | Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism
Cross-cultural perspectives on altruism show that how we view and experience helping others depends heavily on where we come from. In individualistic cultures, like many Western countries, acts of altruism often bring personal joy and satisfaction, as they align with values that ... |
Altruism | Scientific viewpoints<!--linked from 'Evolution of morality'--> | Scientific viewpoints |
Altruism | Anthropology | Anthropology
Marcel Mauss's essay The Gift contains a passage called "Note on alms". This note describes the evolution of the notion of alms (and by extension of altruism) from the notion of sacrifice. In it, he writes: |
Altruism | Evolutionary explanations | Evolutionary explanations
thumb|upright|Giving alms to beggar children
In ethology (the scientific study of animal behaviour), and more generally in the study of social evolution, altruism refers to behavior by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. In... |
Altruism | Neurobiology | Neurobiology
Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health and LABS-D'Or Hospital Network, provided the first evidence for the neural bases of altruistic giving in normal healthy volunteers, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. In their research, they showed that both pure... |
Altruism | Psychology | Psychology
The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences defines psychological altruism as "a motivational state to increase another's welfare". Psychological altruism is contrasted with psychological egoism, which refers to the motivation to increase one's welfare. In keeping with this, research in real-world ... |
Altruism | Genetics and environment | Genetics and environment
Both genetics and environment have been implicated in influencing pro-social or altruistic behavior. Candidate genes include OXTR (polymorphisms in the oxytocin receptor), CD38, COMT, DRD4, DRD5, IGF2, AVPR1A and GABRB2. It is theorized that some of these genes influence altruistic behavior by ... |
Altruism | Sociology | Sociology
"Sociologists have long been concerned with how to build the good society". The structure of our societies and how individuals come to exhibit charitable, philanthropic, and other pro-social, altruistic actions for the common good is a commonly researched topic within the field. The American Sociology Associ... |
Altruism | Religious viewpoints | Religious viewpoints
Most, if not all, of the world's religions promote altruism as a very important moral value. Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and Sikhism, etc., place particular emphasis on altruistic morality. |
Altruism | Buddhism | Buddhism
thumb|Monks collecting alms
Altruism figures prominently in Buddhism. Love and compassion are components of all forms of Buddhism, and are focused on all beings equally: love is the wish that all beings be happy, and compassion is the wish that all beings be free from suffering. "Many illnesses can be cured by... |