To extend your tangent, I didn't infer that the writer expressed any
judgment about whether altruism can be pure, or the morality of
selfishness (but you did). I think he was hypothesizing about others'
possible motives only.
Tom Rymes wrote:
A) To alliveate their own guilt, thus giving to charity is a purely
selfish act.
Well, not to get off topic, but you use the word selfish as if that
is a bad thing! The reasons a person might give their time and money
to the poor as diverse as the people involved. Someone might give
because they like to, because it makes them feel good, because they
might be poor one day and they would like someone to do the same for
them, because it makes them happy... All of those are selfish reasons
and GOOD reasons! On the other hand, giving to charity because you
feel obligated, because you think you have to, or in spite of the
fact that you don't like to are all unselfish and BAD reasons.
Selfish != bad; don't assume it does.
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