Benevolence or Benevolent may refer to:
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Benevolent (band)
Benevolent is an extreme/experimental metal band formed in 2007 by Lebanese brothers Hadi and Fadi Sarieddine. Formerly based in Kuwait, the band is now based in the United Arab Emirates.
History Formation and lineup changes (2007–2009) ...
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Benevolence (phrenology) Benevolence is a faculty in the discredited theory of phrenology.
Concept
Phrenology maintains that an individual's character can be divined from the shape of his head as well as the sizes of the phrenological organs. These organs include Bene ...
, a faculty in the discredited theory of phrenology
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"Benevolent" (song), a song by Tory Lanez
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Benevolence (tax)
A benevolence, also called a loving contribution, voluntary contribution or free gift, was a type of tax imposed by several English monarchs from the 15th to the 17th century. Although taken under the guise of a charitable contribution to the K ...
, a forced loan imposed by English kings from the 14th to 17th centuries
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USS ''Benevolence'' (AH-13), a ''Haven''-class hospital ship
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Benevolence, Georgia
Benevolence is an unincorporated community in Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
History
The first settlement at Benevolence was made in 1831. Benevolence was so named for the "benevolent" act of a first settler who donated land at ...
, a community in the United States
See also
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Agape
(; ) is "the highest form of love, charity" and "the love of God for uman beingsand of uman beingsfor God". This is in contrast to , brotherly love, or , self-love, as it embraces a profound sacrificial love that transcends and persists rega ...
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Altruism
Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity.
The word ''altruism'' was popularised (and possibly coined) by the French philosopher Auguste Comte in French, as , for an antonym of egoi ...
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Good and evil
In philosophy, religion, and psychology, "good and evil" is a common dichotomy. In religions with Manichaeism, Manichaean and Abrahamic influence, evil is perceived as the dualistic cosmology, dualistic antagonistic opposite of good, in which ...
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Mettā, benevolence in Buddhism
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Omnibenevolence
Omnibenevolence is the property of possessing maximal goodness. Some philosophers, such as Epicurus, have argued that it is impossible, or at least improbable, for a deity to exhibit such a property alongside omniscience and omnipotence, as a r ...
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Ren (Confucianism)
(, meaning "co-humanity" or "humaneness") is the highest Confucianism, Confucian virtue meaning humanity (virtue), the good quality of a virtuous human when reaching for Morality, higher ideals or when being altruistic. According to Confucius, ...
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