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Old 10-08-2011, 12:33 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by ElijahRene View Post
Are you saying that pure altruism does not exist, except in theory?
I am not prepared to say that true altruism doesn’t exist. But I sure don’t believe that it exists to the extent that it can be pathologized. True altruism done to such an extent that it becomes a pathology in my mind can’t exist. I believe there are other psychological factors causing a pathology that may have some altruistic like symptoms. A sort of pseudo altruism.
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