The Origins of Altruism

The word itself, the concept itself, the way we use it today, I think was coined by Comte, the French philosopher. But yeah, so altruism is about sacrifice, about rejection of your own values. The term is definitely pretty modern because it comes from Comte, who's 19th century French philosopher. It goes back, you see it even in secular philosophers earlier than Comte,. You see it in the manual Kant and various forms... And you obviously see it in Christianity. In Christianity, I wouldn't say is quite the same as altruism; they're the ones who give your life moral justification for Christianity.