what happened to doing a good deed for the sake of a good deed?

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Trying to make my own crew of altruistic individuals, who cares about others than themselves, and like to have a good cause and act on it or atleast share some good ideas/contribute in some way.

Hey all. I’m sure without looking this topic has scooted across the proverbial desk here.

I think about altruism pragmatically and I can’t make sense of it. I read the Ayn Rand book and the CS Lewis retort, and I still find that true altruism cannot exist within the human construct. There’s always some expectation of reciprocity. At some level.

Looking forward to the comments to come.

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Hello, I came to this sub because I am looking for people to point me in the right direction. My goal is to learn about psychology in order to help myself become a better person. By this I mainly mean that I want to enhance my ability to engage in voluntary self-sacrifice for my future self and others. I want to learn how to be more selfless, hard-working, and more passionately engaged in helping others. I believe that what tugs me away from becoming more selfless is short term gratification. For these reasons I am primarily interested in research that focuses on reducing short term gratification and promoting and growing my ability to voluntary self-sacrifice.

I feel like in my personal life there are moments of "clarity" where I am completely willing to engage in voluntary self-sacrifice out of compassion for humanity, while at other times I sell myself out to short-term gratification behaviors that I know are not beneficial and are hindering my ability to carry out my mission of helping out others. I wanted to know what literature exists/field of psychology that is dedicated towards helping people become more effective in their mission towards helping other people.

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I'm doing some research on altruism and inequality for my Masters program in Behavioural Economics and am falling short of a few respondents. I would really reaallyyy appreciate it if y'all could spend 5 minutes on this and answer it!! :)

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Are we just not the altruistic beings I wish we were? Anyone know why that is?

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Shot in the dark but I have an idea for a huge project. Something that if pulled off could truly create a better world. Something that if done successfully and without corruption could help a lot of people. Maybe even everyone.

Anyone know of a place to open a discussion with a decent sized audience? Even one person willing to hear me out would be amazing. Just hoping to increase the odds of 5 people listening…

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I'm working on a documentary on Altruism and am looking for experience, stories, about acts of true altruism that does not involve organ donations. Do you know anyone, or have heard a story of any truly selfless acts of heroism? Appreciate you assistance.