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DEDUCTIVE LOGIC
PREMISE 1: Altruism requires the acts that bring benefit to others.
PREMISE 2: Ethical egoism can approve of behaviour that benefits others, for often the best way to promote one's good is to form cooperative relationships. [Henry Sidgwick]
CONCLUSION: Both altruism and ethical egoism involve the behaviour that benefits others.
TOPIC:
ALTRUISM
Toby Ord is a university researcher earning not much more than the average salary. So why is he giving away £1m over his lifetime to help address global poverty?
REAL LIFE SITUATION
"I've made some simple material sacrifices but sufficiently small that I don't really care about them. In terms of emotional comfort, you feel more satisfied with what you're doing with your life."
Questions raised from the RLS:
• Do all humans have altruistic behaviour? Is altruism part of human nature?
• Does the behaviour of ‘doing-something-for-the-sake-of-other-people’ exist?
• Do acts resulting from altruism stem from a particular intention?
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE:How far is altruism in human behaviour…
A
OR
AN ILLUSION?
sociologist:
AIN ZU
The public:SHUK
The benefactor: FATHIAH
Argument 1
• The nature of human beings which always need paybacks can be one of the reasons why altruism is an illusion.
When I give something or doing something that benefit others, it is just because I feel
life will be meaningful by doing that. It is not because
of money. It can be considered as an altruistic
behaviour.
Human beings always need
something more. It shows that altruism is an illusion of the
benefactor.
According to Richard Gross, sociobiologist consider the acts of apparent altruism
turn out to be acts of selfishness in disguise.
Argument 2
• The idea of determinism which states that every event must have a reason can prove that altruistic behaviour does not exist.
An altruist is acting on the basis of free will not
determinism.
Determinism is like you are doing something to get
something in return. Altruism may exist but not altruistic
behaviour in humans.
Both determinism and free will can be accepted based on several real evidence.
The Public
CONCLUSION
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