Damon Darling… Fake Altruism?

Does a good deed become less good when everyone knows you did it?Comedian Damon Darling became known online for surprising strangers by paying for their groceries. But after filming his encounters inside Walmart stores, Darling found himself banned from Walmart and other affiliated properties.That got us thinking about something much bigger.Does genuine altruism actually exist? If helping someone makes you feel good, does that make the act selfish? What if you get recognition for your generosity? And could publicly taking credit for giving actually encourage more people to give?Eric argues that we’ve made a mistake by treating anonymous generosity as morally superior. Paul pushes the idea further, asking whether virtually every human act of generosity contains at least some element of self-interest—and proposes one major exception.Along the way we get into social pressure, tipping, free will, secular grace, Christianity, Walmart’s missed PR opportunity, and eventually attempt to invent an entirely new category of altruism.Also: Eric turns 50!!!

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