What makes someone care about the environment? For decades, researchers probing the psychological roots of pro-environmental attitudes have focused on one social preference above all others: altruism, the motivation to increase the welfare of others, often at a cost to oneself. Study after study has found that people who score higher on altruism measures also tend to express stronger environmental concern, a pattern so consistent that it has bec…
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