Humanity (virtue)
[1]: 34 That is, humanity, and the acts of love, altruism, and social intelligence are typically individual strengths while fairness is generally expanded to all.
[citation needed] Plato and Aristotle considered "courage, justice, temperance" and "generosity, wit, friendliness, truthfulness, magnificence, and greatness of soul", respectively, to be the virtues.
On the topic of altruism, emphasis is placed on helping strangers (Hebrews 13:1) and the biblical adage "it is better to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
[3]: 426 Love has many different definitions ranging from a set of purely biological and chemical processes to a religious concept.
While gender differences in kindness are statistically significant, they are minimal, and the methods of testing used may not always have construct validity.
The Self-Report Altruism Scale and the Altruism Facet Scale for Agreeableness Measure of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) psychological assessment are often used to ask people how often they engage in altruistic behaviors and to gauge their concern for others.
[5] One study found that being kind develops pro-social skills in children, which positively effects their attachments and relationships.
[6] Additionally, volunteerism in the elderly has shown to lead to decreased risk of early death, and to mental health benefits.
The Character Strengths and Virtues (CSV) psychological assessment defines social intelligence as the ability to understand "relationships with other people, including the social relationships involved in intimacy and trust, persuasion, group membership, and political power.
[1]: 338 People with high social intelligence are very self-aware, and are effective organizers and leaders.
Another study found that emotional intelligence enables leaders to better understand their followers, thereby enhancing their ability to influence them.
[11] Even among those who endorse a spiritual/theistic worldview, these salutary associations appear to be better explained by humanity/civility rather than by faith in a supernatural being.
