The least religious participants appeared to be motivated by the emotionally charged video to give more of their money to a stranger. “The compassion-inducing video had a big effect on their ...

Study: Less Religious Are More Motivated By Compassion Than Highly Religious : The Two-Way In experiments, the less religious were found to be more generous when faced with human suffering.

But new research suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people. Skip to main content.

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Compassion is not pity, religious historian asserts. Armstrong highlights principle of religions. Last updated: September 15, 2018 | 20:57. By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter. 2 MIN READ.

Atheists and agnostics are more driven by compassion to help others than are highly religious people, a new study finds. That doesn't mean highly religious people don't give, according to the ...

Are religious people more moved by compassion than those who described themselves as less religious or non-religious? A group of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley set out to answer ...