There is also the fact that altruism in the strict original sense of ‘living for others’ violates Kant’s Categorical Imperative: “Act according to the maxim that you would wish all other rational people to follow, as if it were a universal law.” If everybody gave and nobody took, we would all starve to death. (I think it was Herbert Spencer who pointed this out).
There is also the fact that altruism in the strict original sense of ‘living for others’ violates Kant’s Categorical Imperative: “Act according to the maxim that you would wish all other rational people to follow, as if it were a universal law.” If everybody gave and nobody took, we would all starve to death. (I think it was Herbert Spencer who pointed this out).