On the other hand, they can be found in the "lex naturalis" of the eternal stability of the beautiful order of nature, which points to a beneficent creator.
Both beneficent and altruistic acts are other-regarding.
In contrast to beneficent acts, however, altruistic acts are optional rather than obligatory.
The nature of bioethics is to be respectful, beneficent, just, and inclusive.
Where she is magnificently beneficent, she always works gratis.
If we opt instead for the beneficent attitude we sometimes have towards strangers, we face a different problem.
Yet the criticism did not sway them from the conviction that their policy had been a wise and beneficent one.
The founding evangelists shared this trust in the beneficent effect of trade.
