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Originally posted by 3leggedfrog
is this possible? is it possible to do a altruistic act with out some kind of reward?
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I suppose there is a reward; the satisfaction of knowing that you helped someone. But that doesn't lessen the good any.
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the repercussions of this can possibly be to reaffirm our self image that we are "good" because we do this act. or it might be that we might be just acting out our preprogramed responces that our culture has conditioned into us. [quote]
Possibly. But there ARE people who can be happy for another person. Because you're incapable of doing so doesn't mean other's aren't.
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this act of doing good is not just for good sake but for the reward of everyone around you to be good. thus insuring your saftey and mental health. not a bad reason but still doing good for a precieved reward.
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You're operating under the erroneous assumption that because there is some sort of reward involved that the acts or motivation behind the acts can't be good.