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Altruism and the larger self
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English - April 29, 2020 02:11 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBArts Science literature anthropology art history music philosophy science Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Typically, people view altruism as the opposite of selfishness. If we reimagine our notions of self and other and imagine that one's sense of self is developmentally dynamic, altruism is simply as state of self so large that it encompasses more than the physical being possessed of consciousness. With sociopathy and narcissism on the small side of self, we can choose greater solipsism or larger community.