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Coming to Understand Altruism in a Time of Anxiety

Coming to Understand Altruism in a Time of Anxiety
Nurses put on their personal protective equipment before starting to work on the preparation of the intensive care unit in the new COVID-19 Hospital in Verduno, near Alba, Northwestern Italy on March 29, 2020. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
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In this moment of panic, when the acrid aroma of moral self-infatuation is wafting through the air, it’s worth stepping back to contemplate the many acts of selfless altruism that brighten the landscape.

Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball
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Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”
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