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I should note that there's no such thing as a selfless act.
I don't understand why people who volunteer and donate their time to charity are labeled heroes. I'd argue that they're no different than anyone else. Volunteering is just as selfish as anything else. Charitable people get their kicks from helping people, I get my kicks by playing videogames. There is no distinction- we're both being selfish. If people didn't receive satisfaction from doing charity work, they would not do it.
You might argue that people might not actually like doing charity work. I'd say that although they might not like the actual work they most definatly like the result of the work. Getting satisfaction from other's satisfaction is still 'getting satisfaction', which, is selfish.
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