%0 Electronic Article %A Breitsameter, Christof %I The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow %D 2013 %G German %@ 2353-7078 %T Ist Nächstenliebe möglich?: Versuch einer philosophisch-theologischen Positionsbestimmung %J Theological research %V 1 %P 65-78 %U http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/theologicalresearch/article/download/151/80 %U http://dx.doi.org/10.15633/thr.151 %X The attempt of a modern interpretation of the concept of charity which is pivotal to Jewish-Christian ethics as well as the occidental culture can hardly succeed without a dialogue with those disciplines studying the secular version of it, namely altruism. The different approaches all converge in the question: Why do humans act altruistically? The present article tries to gather the most important answers and to portray the controversial debate on the explanation and evaluation of altruistic behavior in a way that underlines the interdisciplinary connectivity of an essential concept in theology.