Re: poly: Warm-Glow, not Altruism

I wrote:

> > For this case a natural explanation is that charity isn't driven by
> > altruism; people *aren't* altruistic. Instead, people just like the
> > act of giving, regardless of whether it helps or not.
>
> Hmm... Then, how comes people never give to people who are richer
> than themselves?

On second thought, people sometimes give birthday presents to
people who are better off than themselves.

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Nicholas Bostrom
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
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Received on Tue May 26 19:52:55 1998