Altruism doesn't exist. There are a lot of reasons people do things that are helpful to others, but they're all selfish. Maybe they're trying to assuage guilt;

Altruism doesn't exist. There are a lot of reasons people do things that are helpful to others, but they're all selfish. Maybe they're trying to assuage guilt; maybe they're doing it for attention; maybe they're doing it to deflect bad PR or engender good PR for their organization; maybe it's a pragmatic financial decision; maybe it's political; maybe it just pumps up their endorphins. No matter what, it's done because they get something out of it. This doesn't make giving bad. You can be selfish and do a tremendous amount of good for others. There's nothing wrong with feeling good or being socially rewarded for helping. This idea that some forms of giving are "altruistic" and others are schemes or manipulations isn't helpful. Attacking a generous person's character because you suspect their motives are somehow impure for unrelated reasons isn't helpful. By all means, call people out for their bullshit when their motives are hypocritical and transparent, but don't beatify some and demonize others because of unrelated faults in their character. They're all giving for selfish reasons.