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4. DEDUCTIVE LOGIC
PREMISE 1: Altruism requires the acts that bring
benefit to others.
PREMISE 2: Ethical egoism can approve of
behaviour that benefits others, for often the
best way to promote one's good is to form
cooperative relationships. [Henry Sidgwick]
CONCLUSION: Both altruism and ethical egoism
involve the behaviour that benefits others.

5. TOPIC:
ALTRUISM

6. REAL LIFE SITUATION
Toby Ord is a university researcher earning
not much more than the average salary. So
why is he giving away £1m over his lifetime
to help address global poverty?

7. "I've made some simple
material sacrifices but
sufficiently small that I don't
really care about them. In terms
of emotional comfort, you feel
more satisfied with what you're
doing with your life."

8. Questions raised from the RLS:
• Do all humans have altruistic behaviour?
Is altruism part of human nature?
• Does the behaviour of ‘doing-something-
for-the-sake-of-other-people’ exist?
• Do acts resulting from altruism stem
from a particular intention?

9. KNOWLEDGE ISSUE:
How far is
altruism in human
behaviour…

13. The
benefactor:
FATHIAH

14. Argument 1
• The nature of human beings
which always need paybacks can
be one of the reasons why
altruism is an illusion.

15. When I give something or doing
something that benefit others, it is
just because I feel life will be
meaningful by doing that. It is not
Human beings always because of money. It can be
need something more. It considered as an altruistic
shows that altruism is behaviour.
an illusion of the
benefactor.
According to Richard Gross,
sociobiologist consider the acts
of apparent altruism turn out to
be acts of selfishness in
disguise.

16. Argument 2
• The idea of determinism which
states that every event must
have a reason can prove that
altruistic behaviour does not
exist.

17. An altruist is acting on the
basis of free will not
determinism.
Determinism is like you are
doing something to get
something in return. Altruism
may exist but not altruistic
behaviour in humans.
Both determinism and free
The Public
will can be accepted based
on several real evidence.

18. CONCLUSION