GOOD DEEDS AND ALTRUISM

Paula Boanda

INDEX
 Good deeds

 Altruism

 Why people do good deeds?

 The Altruism Equation

What good deeds are?

 Something that is carried out; an act or action.

 A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit.

 Action or performance in general

What good deeds are?

 Good deeds are spontaneous acts of kindness, accommodation, generosity, benevolence, charity, assistance, help, sympathy or aid, all performed with the simple intention of being helpful and no expectation for compensation of any kind.

Altruism

 is an unselfish concern for the welfare of others  it means being extremely generous and unselfish

Altruism
 Term coined in 19th century by August Comte

 Topic found in: psychology, evolutionary biology and ethology.

 Scientific definition: "ideology or philosophy where one puts the needs of all others ahead of oneself."

Why people do good deeds?

Religious people tell that:

 Pushed by Gods will

 Every act of kindness is well received but we shouldn't except rewards in change.

Why people do good deeds?

Non-religious people argue that:

 We are pushed by the moral

 This good morality is wired into our brain by the evolution

The Altruism Equation

 A history about the debate from Darwin

 Petr Kropotkin society based on altruism

 George Price brilliant and poor biologist

 William Hamilton came up with the equation of alturism