Category: Altruism

My preferences, what I like and do not like doing, are both innate and conditioned by my experiences. I was born with the desire to have a positive impact on society. I prefer improving the lives of others than increasing my own personal wealth. However, I also want to be intellectually stimulated and I know…

Our actions and our actions and our way of living may be influenced by our surrounding environment or culture, however, some behaviours apply to all humans. Egoism is the action an individual performs for their own good and self-interest (Herbert,1892). On the other hand, altruism is defined as the act of increasing the welfare of…

Altruism can appear in different forms. Whether its donating to a charity or volunteering, it is an act of kindness. It is seen everywhere, especially on social media. People post and talk about themselves giving a homeless man food, rescuing an animal, giving back to the community, most of all, just being a hero. However,…

Thus, the alternatives of our initial moral choice are asymmetrical by definition: choosing the path to Other we are finding ourselves; choosing self-affirmation against Other, we are losing everything – Other and ourselves. Hence, our choice between good and evil, morality and amorality, is also asymmetric and uneven. For indication of the initial collision of…

Altruism can be defined as the desire to help someone even if it involves a cost to the helper (Aronson, Wilson & Akert, 2013). This is different to prosocial behaviour which is an act performed with the goal of benefiting another person (Penner, Dovidio, Piliavin & Schroeder, 2005). There is difficulty in understanding peoples motivation…

The purpose of this essay is to critically examine the article When altruism isnt moral written by Sally Satel. The article by Sally provides arguments, explanation and attempts to persuade readers on the importance of creating incentives for benevolent donors in the organ transplant system. To prove this, the author sought to find a middle…

Peter Singer provides a variety of resources and insights into the question of charity and giving aid to foreign infinities and people in poverty. He clearly asserts that he doesnt believe people do as much as they should, and thus should follow their moral obligation to give a percentage of their wealth. I think one…

From my personal standpoint, habitually, people talk about love, what is it to love someone unconditionally, the genuineness of love, and the line between self-love and self-less love, but we do not delve about its true essence. Misconceptions always play with certainty about the efficacy and value of love which thereby holds us back to…

Altruistic behavior has been studied extensively by researchers due to the complex nature of the term and the emotions that influence it. It is a firmly established belief that altruism is a prosocial behavior; a behavior with the goal of benefitting another person. Altruism can best be defined as a behavior in which an individual…