What are the perils of altruism?

[coloradodem2005]

To you.

[Aiptasia]

1. definition

Pronunciation: 'al-tru-"i-z&m
Etymology: French altruisme, from autrui other people, from Old French, oblique case form of autre other, from Latin alter
1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others
2 : behavior by an animal that is not beneficial to or may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its species

As long as it isn't blind devotion, sounds good to me. Although it might cause you to be labeled a socialist and red diaper doper baby by Mike Savage or Bill O'Reilley.

[Mutley]

3. Heh

"As long as it isn't blind devotion, sounds good to me. Although it might cause you to be labeled a socialist and red diaper doper baby by Mike Savage or Bill O'Reilley."

you may want to email that definition to those guys along with hannity and rush. they wouldn't know the meaning of altruism.

[Az]

2. Recent studies on the altruistic nature of humans is quite interesting

Seems altruism is built into human nature. We give of ourselves to each other with no direct expectation of reward. In fact we often place ourselves in danger for one another.

To my thinking altruism forms a basis of developing trust amonst each other. In our advance social structure we cannot always directly know one another so altruistic behavior is an evolved form of establishing social links.

[Crunchy Frog]

4. There's an excellent book out by the primatologist

Franz deWaal called Good Natured that talks about altruistic behavior, mostly in primates, but in some other animals as well, and explores the whole phenomenon within an evolutionary context.

It's a fascinating read and one of my favorite books.

[NoSheep]

5. Getting ripped off by the rest of the greedy fucks out there ;(