Is Altruism an Illusion?

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Purpose or esteem is recognised as ‘significant activity’. This means that once one has found a guiding purpose they can constructively perform significant altruistic activity. ‘Unconditional love’ is what creates belonging, the centre of the hierarchy...
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Unconditional love would be a truly great motivator of altruism, though some believe any acts motivated by this are still motivated by self interest because someone would be hurt if damage were inflicted upon an entity or identity for which they had unconditional love...
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