I am new to this forum, though some of my friends are here, and they keep updating me about the work and the discussions.
This question has been on my mind for a long time; they suggested that I make it a post.
In my understanding, altruism is being completely selfless, which means that we do not possess anything, as we are not selfish enough to generate wealth or say something to belongs to us.
If nothing belongs to me, then how can I give?
Going by the basics of economics, especially capitalism, any wealth created is arbitrage, as energy is neither created nor destroyed; we only make a belief that there is some value addition, and we charge for that. So, when we create wealth, we take from others, and now we are going to give back; this can be philanthropy, and there can be no altruism in this, as by being selfish, we create wealth.
The above post involves Philosophy, Psychology, and economics, and we can delve much deeper into this. I would now rest with the basic paradigm and wait for this to open up further to take the discussion forward.
Is Altruism = Philonthropy
I am new to this forum, though some of my friends are here, and they keep updating me about the work and the discussions.
This question has been on my mind for a long time; they suggested that I make it a post.
In my understanding, altruism is being completely selfless, which means that we do not possess anything, as we are not selfish enough to generate wealth or say something to belongs to us.
If nothing belongs to me, then how can I give?
Going by the basics of economics, especially capitalism, any wealth created is arbitrage, as energy is neither created nor destroyed; we only make a belief that there is some value addition, and we charge for that. So, when we create wealth, we take from others, and now we are going to give back; this can be philanthropy, and there can be no altruism in this, as by being selfish, we create wealth.
The above post involves Philosophy, Psychology, and economics, and we can delve much deeper into this. I would now rest with the basic paradigm and wait for this to open up further to take the discussion forward.