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Hopeful Thinking: The false paradigm of altruism
Wil Darcangelo argues that acts of altruism often fulfill personal or instinctual needs, using examples from Abraham Lincoln and animal behavior to challenge its pure selflessness.
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Hopeful Thinking: The false paradigm of altruism
Did you know that for all our talk about the ‘pursuit of happiness,’ we actually take a very dim view of people who seek it? We see the pursuit of pleasure as hedonistic. Old religious paradigms that encourage austerity and sacrifice and suffering as the only path toward true salvation have caused us to doubt the relevance or even the spiritual safety of just being happy. We are taught to be of service to humanity, but what good is raising the l…
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