[p2p-research] Defining Altruism ? Normative vs Autonomous ? Liberal Vs Conservative ?

[Ryan Lanham]

How would people explain the altruism of a Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, etc.
 Guilt?

Bill Gates has done far more for humanity than everyone on this list
combined.  Yet, I suspect many here would hold him in contempt.



On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> hi, I think this important to put the altruism in context, no human person
> can be purely altruist all the time, as such a person would not live very
> long
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> but a concept of interdependency makes self-interest encompass the others:
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> see
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Primary_vs_Secondary_Individual-Group_Mentality
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> A distinction made by Heb Shepard, summarized by Rosa Zubizarreta:
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