Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad?
by unmole on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:08AM
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> Most people would call helping a relative pay their medical bills altruism.
Altruism is the disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Helping your family is not altruism.
Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad?
by NateEag on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:15PM
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> Helping your family is not altruism.
Not necessarily altruism.
It absolutely could be.
Knowing the true motives of another human is very difficult, perhaps impossible (without a predictive biological model of consciousness we can't be sure we're reading minds correctly, and it's still an open question whether such a thing can exist).
Most people would call helping a relative pay their medical bills altruism. It's also the selfish and rational choice. It's both simultaneously.