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Is philanthropy driven by the human desire to cheat death?

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https://aeon.co/ideas/is-philanthropy-dr...heat-death

EXCERPT: [...] It’s probably impossible to find one explanation for all these patterns. They operate in an intricate web of motives and interests, both altruistic and egoistic. The extent of egoistic motives varies across donors (due to individual diversity), but is linked to donation amount (size matters). Paul Schervish, a professor of sociology at Boston College, claims that an amalgamation of circumstances and on-the-go decisions compel the rich to give, rather than a defined set of psychological reasons. He came up with the term ‘moral biography’ to describe an individual’s personal capacity and moral compass.

Perhaps the most original answer to the question of ‘why they give’ was offered by the psychologist Ernest Becker. In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book The Denial of Death (1973), Becker explains that humans use culture to fight against our awareness of our own mortality. We try to give our life a meaning that will outlast us after death. That, or else we distract ourselves from the existential ‘terror’ by engaging in mind-numbing entertainments – which today might include reality television or social media.

Religious faith is one way we typically tackle the threat of mortality, but it’s certainly not the only thing in humanity’s toolbox....

MORE: https://aeon.co/ideas/is-philanthropy-dr...heat-death
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(Oct 26, 2017 01:09 AM)C C Wrote: https://aeon.co/ideas/is-philanthropy-dr...heat-death

EXCERPT: [...] It’s probably impossible to find one explanation for all these patterns. They operate in an intricate web of motives and interests, both altruistic and egoistic. The extent of egoistic motives varies across donors (due to individual diversity), but is linked to donation amount (size matters). Paul Schervish, a professor of sociology at Boston College, claims that an amalgamation of circumstances and on-the-go decisions compel the rich to give, rather than a defined set of psychological reasons. He came up with the term ‘moral biography’ to describe an individual’s personal capacity and moral compass.

Perhaps the most original answer to the question of ‘why they give’ was offered by the psychologist Ernest Becker. In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book The Denial of Death (1973), Becker explains that humans use culture to fight against our awareness of our own mortality. We try to give our life a meaning that will outlast us after death. That, or else we distract ourselves from the existential ‘terror’ by engaging in mind-numbing entertainments – which today might include reality television or social media.

Religious faith is one way we typically tackle the threat of mortality, but it’s certainly not the only thing in humanity’s toolbox....

MORE: https://aeon.co/ideas/is-philanthropy-dr...heat-death

in the USA the majority is to cheat tax.
they call them "not for profit" or a "church".
it involves hundreds of billions of dollars.

i am not referring to some lawyer running a side line buiness where they give free legal help to domestic violence victims or such like.
i am referring to people who set up not for profit companys to pay themselves and others with to avoid corporate taxation systems and perk tax.
who then exploit and steal from the taxation system at the poor working class expense.

it appears to be a part of US culture to set up not for profit companys that pay their CEO's millions.
such a sham. technically it is money laundering as a process to avoid taxation but it is legal.

meanwhile real charitys that run hospitals Emergency services and mental health & homeless shelters & food banks get no special treatment or position and have to fight with these to struggle to compete with fake charitys exploiting tax loops for personal gain.

but as i said, it is part of US culture.
most philanthropy in the usa is fake and set up to use for upper class social status with nominal funds being trickled to some type of self created cause which is lorded over by some elitist sociopath.
= USA culture.
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