Altruism is never self-sacrifice

Michael Lewis

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Abstract

Altruism by definition involves the self's evaluation of costs and benefits of an act of the self, which must include cost to the self and benefits to the other. Reinforcement value to the self of such acts is greater than the costs to the self. Without consideration of a self-system of evaluation, there is little meaning to altruistic acts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)268
Number of pages1
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2002

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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