Month: July 2015

3 Examples of Altruism’s Appeal to Emotional Senses

The idea that capitalists should embrace altruism is a false pretense. The two are independent of one another, such that a capitalist can be charitable or exhibit altruistic tendencies, but it would be impossible to embrace self-sacrifice as that would mean disregarding capitalism entirely. Altruism is an emotional tendency, highly motivated by concepts that capitalists