Altruism (38)
demonfairyNewton,hickory, North Carolina USA120 Threads 17 Polls 5,654 PostsI do good things for people all the time,and expect no rewards>I believe in being a good person,you never know you might need help yourself one day.i fix computers for the people on both sides for free,they don't have the money to pay someone.The lady across the street asked me if i would color her hair for her saturday,because she doesn't have the money to pay someone right now...told her sure,just ring me sat..My brother is always helping people to for free,depends on what they can afford.He has fixed wells,cars,power,mowed there yard, all for nothing if there broke,they just have to buy the parts.People show kindness back by cooking a great meal and dropping it by on occasion,or bring food out of there garden.Its the way people our around here,neighbor helping neighbor....
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demonfairy: I do good things for people all the time,and expect no rewards>I believe in being a good person,you never know you might need help yourself one day.i fix computers for the people on both sides for free,they don't have the money to pay someone.The lady across the street asked me if i would color her hair for her saturday,because she doesn't have the money to pay someone right now...told her sure,just ring me sat..My brother is always helping people to for free,depends on what they can afford.He has fixed wells,cars,power,mowed there yard, all for nothing if there broke,they just have to buy the parts.People show kindness back by cooking a great meal and dropping it by on occasion,or bring food out of there garden.Its the way people our around here,neighbor helping neighbor....
I knew you were a good woman, DF, and it seems to run in the family
Nice
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Antonio78Bo: Does TRUE altruism exists?
I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
You mean,Like casting Pearls,and not even getting a Porkchop in return?I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
Ayn Rand,in The Fountainhead
You mean like a totally Disinterested Action?
How would you know whether your Action was Good or Evil under those terms?
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Yeah! totally Disinterested Action.
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too apathetic to be altruistic
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@ the 2nd post above me, I thought for sure I would be the first to mention the fountain head but apparently you beat me to it! haha.
and in my opinion it does exist but doesnt mean its good. Psychology is never good in describing real things a person experiences. On the majority, except phenomenology or the human sciences division in psychology, as Psychology is all about reductionism. It is all about reducing an experience to something else, its parts, which in the end negates the entire experience as meaningful in its own context
EX: My mother dies. I have two lines of viewing this experience personally. Either it will corrode me or I will grow from it. I either make it positive or a negative thing. The action itself is less meaningful in my life to how i let it impact me. and this is how all actions are percieved, by you or another person about your actions or anyone elses. so i dont really know what your asking,
So are you saying, can you be altruistic or can i perceive you as altruistic? Or can you truly think of yourself as altruistic without that then becoming self serving and thus not altruistic?
idk how far you really wanted to take this but just read the fountain head. then think of it practically, in terms of what one must experience. Its not something hard to answer for yourself but harder to explain i believe, like so much else.
and in my opinion it does exist but doesnt mean its good. Psychology is never good in describing real things a person experiences. On the majority, except phenomenology or the human sciences division in psychology, as Psychology is all about reductionism. It is all about reducing an experience to something else, its parts, which in the end negates the entire experience as meaningful in its own context
EX: My mother dies. I have two lines of viewing this experience personally. Either it will corrode me or I will grow from it. I either make it positive or a negative thing. The action itself is less meaningful in my life to how i let it impact me. and this is how all actions are percieved, by you or another person about your actions or anyone elses. so i dont really know what your asking,
So are you saying, can you be altruistic or can i perceive you as altruistic? Or can you truly think of yourself as altruistic without that then becoming self serving and thus not altruistic?
idk how far you really wanted to take this but just read the fountain head. then think of it practically, in terms of what one must experience. Its not something hard to answer for yourself but harder to explain i believe, like so much else.
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Antonio78Bo: Yeah! totally Disinterested Action.
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No everybody can be an Altruism(selfless), to be an altruism, this person must be educated for this...
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Antonio78Bo: Does TRUE altruism exists?
I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
Gandhi?
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StressFree: Gandhi?
Didn't Ghandi do much for the greater good?
Wasn't his ultimate reward to do with the evolution of hios reincarnation?
If you force positive change that impacts upon the quality of life for others through self-sacrifice, you are rewarded with the end result, even if you have some way of not feeling good about yourself.
Besides, why shouldn't you feel good about your positive achievements?
I go back to my previous comment, that discussing whether true altruism exists, or not is a moot point.
Are there instances where rewards from "altruism" are negative, or destructive? What defines them so?
Jac xxx
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Antonio78Bo: Does TRUE altruism exists?
I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
I mean altruism as doing good to someone without ANY ( even psychic ) reward.
Antonio
No.
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Perhaps I'm pointing out the obvious (though probably not), but if you received no good feelings from doing something you probably are a robot. But if you happen to be a human being, and gain no satisfaction at all from helping others (as Mother Teresa claimed, I believe, in a memoir), what would that say about you? I'm thinking nothing good at all.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
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Ambrose2007: Perhaps I'm pointing out the obvious (though probably not), but if you received no good feelings from doing something you probably are a robot. But if you happen to be a human being, and gain no satisfaction at all from helping others (as Mother Teresa claimed, I believe, in a memoir), what would that say about you? I'm thinking nothing good at all.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
Turquoise lycra!!!
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Boban1: we do good to FEEL good
so my answer is NO \
there is always some selfish reason
so my answer is NO \
there is always some selfish reason
I'd agree totally. We are all self-serving.
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Jesus?
Katy Perry?
Katy Perry?
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Ambrose2007: Perhaps I'm pointing out the obvious (though probably not), but if you received no good feelings from doing something you probably are a robot. But if you happen to be a human being, and gain no satisfaction at all from helping others (as Mother Teresa claimed, I believe, in a memoir), what would that say about you? I'm thinking nothing good at all.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
Interesting question, Antonio, with profound implications.
Or a sociopath?
Jac xxx
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bodleing: Turquoise lycra!!!
Eat your heart out, G!!
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Grandepensees: I cannot answer your question, as I know not many altruists... But I have done many a good thing without thinking twice about it nor expecting anything in return. Does that qualify?
No. Because you like Obama.
You seem like a good guy. I hate to admit it though.
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