DBT
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Pathological addiction to corporate profits, marketing often unnecessary products and the promotion of rampant consumerism should be the title of the thread....
Pathological addiction to corporate profits, marketing often unnecessary products and the promotion of rampant consumerism should be the title of the thread....
I need to add that the term altruism has been misused in this thread. Altruism implies selfless. An individual kept warm by the use of his coat who, while observing a homeless person shivering on a bench on a cold night, will deprive himself from his state of well being by giving his coat to the homeless man, that is altruism. Basically an action where someone places the best interest, welfare and well being of another person above their own.We have settled, in conversation with various, that proponents of 'pathological altruism' have no reason to regard altruism as any more pathological than other form of human behaviour. Thus the central tenet of the thread, that there is something called pathological altruism that we need to be wary of, has no evidence behind it.
I need to add that the term altruism has been misused in this thread. Altruism implies selfless. An individual kept warm by the use of his coat who, while observing a homeless person shivering on a bench on a cold night, will deprive himself from his state of well being by giving his coat to the homeless man, that is altruism. Basically an action where someone places the best interest, welfare and well being of another person above their own.We have settled, in conversation with various, that proponents of 'pathological altruism' have no reason to regard altruism as any more pathological than other form of human behaviour. Thus the central tenet of the thread, that there is something called pathological altruism that we need to be wary of, has no evidence behind it.
I need to add that the term altruism has been misused in this thread. Altruism implies selfless. An individual kept warm by the use of his coat who, while observing a homeless person shivering on a bench on a cold night, will deprive himself from his state of well being by giving his coat to the homeless man, that is altruism. Basically an action where someone places the best interest, welfare and well being of another person above their own.
But the reality is that people do such things because it makes them feel good.
But the reality is that people do such things because it makes them feel good.
You might think so, but it's just baseless speculation on your part. You might as well just say that the only reason you think that altrusitic people do it because it feels good, is becuase believing that about people nicer than yourself makes you look and feel good.
How does this man feeling good about giving his coat to a shivering human being on a cold night invalidate the reality that he placed the well being, welfare and best interest of that homeless person above his own?I need to add that the term altruism has been misused in this thread. Altruism implies selfless. An individual kept warm by the use of his coat who, while observing a homeless person shivering on a bench on a cold night, will deprive himself from his state of well being by giving his coat to the homeless man, that is altruism. Basically an action where someone places the best interest, welfare and well being of another person above their own.
But the reality is that people do such things because it makes them feel good.
Basically an action where someone places the best interest, welfare and well being of another person above their own
Exactly! Further, feeling good about it does not invalidate the reality of a choice of action resulting in placing another person's well being, welfare and best interest above our own.You might think so, but it's just baseless speculation on your part. You might as well just say that the only reason you think that altrusitic people do it because it feels good, is becuase believing that about people nicer than yourself makes you look and feel good.
Anyway, what is so BAD about feeling good about doing something good? There is no cosmic rule that one must feel BAD in order to perform an action on the basis of altruistic intentions.