Altruism

See Altruism

Evolutionary psychology has demonstrated the enormous survival value of altruism.

Study after study shows that our brains are wired to be happy when we are helping.

Is Greed Good?

Advocates for capitalism, particularly Libertarians and Objectivists, tend to advocate the Gordon Gekko motto that "Greed is Good". And when it comes to profit maximization, this is largely true. Capitalism harnesses the human tendency to desire wealth to create new technologies and improve the quality of life dramatically for billions of people. That's very good, isn't it?

The problem comes when one confuses the means with the ends. We are harnessing natural greed to improve our lives. We do not need to enhance our selfish tendencies artificially in order to make capitalism somehow work better. This only leads to grift, not innovation.

Culture does not need to celebrate greed--it celebrates itself just fine. Excessive greed that leads to grift should be strictly taboo whenever the legal system cannot intervene. Greed should not be considered good but a necessary evil that can be put to productive use with the right incentives. But our ethics should always focus on altruism and the ultimate goal of improving lives as the source for good, never greed itself.

Give The Worlds Richest People a Few More Pennies

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