Word: altruism
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...people spam their friends even though most people hate it? I could claim I was motivated by altruism - proceeds from the ad revenue generated by the (Lil) Green Patch go toward saving the rainforest - but the truth is that I just wanted to grow my garden and see how many different kinds of plants I could send and receive. If I send 1,000 plants I earn a garden gnome. Cool! (By Green Patch's own statistics, the application has contributed a mere $15,650 toward its stated cause since launching in December...
...virtue, but a hidebound, evangelical conception of charity. Amid this catalog of inexactitudes, the most egregious example must be terror’s foil, “freedom”: In its reduction to the neoconservative excuse par excellence and a shoddy façade of altruism, all the chauvinism of the White House word-smiths is laid bare; at once, all their broad divisiveness is realized and perpetuated...
...operate as predictably as they do in theory. By asserting Americans’ moral obligation to petition for divestment, these activists confuse and contort politics. The obligation—to sign a petition and forget about it—so insignificant and so menial, provides only a delusion of altruism; the radical expectations—that the just policy can be surgically and indirectly effected by economic manipulation—only sets us up for disappointment and disillusionment.Politics should be the preserve of reason, where arguments about the common good and the individual good are entertained, disputed, and resolved...
...Google is donating software while eBay decided to build an ecolodge. Since March, the hills of Rwanda have been teeming with thousands of bright green "coffee bikes," designed by mountain-bike maker Tom Ritchey with a lengthened frame to carry a sack of coffee. This isn't all about altruism. Illinois-based stock trader Dan Cooper, who set up Friends of Rwanda with partner Joe Ritchie to coordinate what he calls "this contagious enthusiasm," says: "You get the head of Texaco/Chevron calling Kagame and asking him: 'Can you help me with Ethiopia?'" Meanwhile in Washington, Kagame's new friends fixed...
...products," says Sturchio. "Health leads to wealth, and there is a long-term benefit to our business." Nevertheless, Sturchio contends that Merck's primary motivation for its CSR work is "because it's the right thing to do. It makes our employees proud ... People always underestimate the amount of altruism among those who work for companies." Adds Hellman: "A lot of people in the private sector are genuinely concerned about issues like AIDS and TB. And our experience is that this is not a Trojan horse [for their corporate interests]. There's little money in it." In the end, says...