SWA 11

After doubting true altruism, the author argues that there is a kind of altruism that exists. She convinces her readers to encourage the kind of altruism for those who feel satisfied by practicing it. . People who do help others do so because they feel it is the right thing to do. They don’t feel extraordinary or hero like, but they should just do it. The author states that studies of rescuers do what they do because it is a part of who they are. She also supports this claim by stating that the same goes for more common day acts like working in soup kitchens and volunteering. People do these things because they want to help and doing so affirms who they are as a person. The people who display these actions do it because they want to live in that kind of world. Where people help others because it is important to them and part of their core values.