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Altruism. Lights, Camera, Action!, Kim Weinert
Altruism. Lights, Camera, Action!, Kim Weinert
Kim Weinert
The libertine character Douglas Reynholm in the UK television show the IT Crowd truthfully remarks, ‘I am sad to say that the only secure route to a Knighthood, in this sorry age, is via charity work’ (The IT Crowd, ‘Calendar Geeks’ Episode 6, Series 3). If self-interest is the motive to become involved in charity work, does that make Douglas Reynholm and other people like him, good or bad? Intuitively the answer to this question is in the negative. However, under the ethical egoism theory a positive answer is justifiable. The starting point of this paper is to first define …