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Likewise, consider one who volunteers at a homeless shelter, not because she particularly enjoys it, but because she thinks it’s important to help others who are less fortunate. This sounds more like “helping others,” “charity,” or “social responsibility” than happiness. But again, our volunteer presumably hopes to increase these poor people’s prospects for living a good life, and their living a good life presumably includes being happy and contributing to the happiness of others.
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
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