Okay, quick thought experiment: If you had a magic button that could instantly solve ONE global problem – hunger, climate change, war, poverty, disease – but pressing it meant you'd forget you ever pressed it and why, would you? And would it still "count" as you doing good?
Just wondering if our motivation for good deeds is purely altruistic or tied to our memory of them.
Just wondering if our motivation for good deeds is purely altruistic or tied to our memory of them.
Okay, quick thought experiment: If you had a magic button that could instantly solve ONE global problem – hunger, climate change, war, poverty, disease – but pressing it meant you'd forget you ever pressed it and why, would you? And would it still "count" as you doing good?
Just wondering if our motivation for good deeds is purely altruistic or tied to our memory of them.
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