Altruism

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Altruism is a nebulous concept that involves "doing something for someone (or thing) else that brings no gain to oneself".

As such, it is a self-contradictory term.

The very act of "selflessly giving" is prima facie selfish in the sense that it makes one feel like a really awesome Christ-like helping healing person.

Outside of deeply-felt Christian charity, altruism is usually genetically beneficient anyway, so Kiss me.

Altruism evolved over thousands of years as a social strategy when "Every Man For Himself" didn't pan out so good.

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