Invention of Altruism, The Pu Ping In medieval Italy the practice

In medieval Italy the practice of revenge as criminal justice was still popular amongst members of all social classes

which led to a break-through in the field

that reduced morbidity and mortality from disease and injury

The difficult sources for this period have been analysed (and translated as necessary) to produce a chronological account

whether young or old

Invention of Altruism, The Pu Ping In medieval Italy the practiceAltruism' was coined by the French sociologist Auguste Comte in the early 1850s as a theoretical term in his 'cerebral theory' and as the central ideal of his atheistic 'Religion of Humanity'. In The Invention of Altruism, Thomas Dixon traces this new language of 'altruism' as it spread through British culture between the 1850s and the 1900s, and in doing so provides a new portrait of Victorian moral thought. Drawing attention to the importance of