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> I can help someone out expecting nothing in return. Then if my situation changes It sounds like you did expect something in return, conditional on your circu
by Chris2048 1y ago
> I can help someone out expecting nothing in return. Then if my situation changes
It sounds like you did expect something in return, conditional on your circumstances. Maybe it's good-will or something, but some kind of social insurance in any case.
- sarchertech 1y agoThis is partly getting into questions about whether “pure” altruism is even possible, e.g., is an anonymous donation truly selfless if you do it because it makes you feel good. But in the example above it’s entirely possible that you helped someone out with no expectation of being paid back. Let’s say you’re rich and the person you helped is a chronic drug addict. You have no expectation of every needing help and no expectation that the person you helped will ever be in a position to help you. Let’s say I give a homeless person a dollar. He turns around and uses that dollar to buy a lottery ticket and wins 100 million dollars. Years later, I’m homeless and the former homeless guy walks past me and gives me a lecture about how I should have put conditions on my donation. In that situation there was no reasonable expectation for anything except as you said maybe good will. But of course open source developers also expect good will.
- Chris2048 1y agoI don't think any of that relates to the topic and hand. Are you saying you are entitled to the winning because you gave him the dollar Or because you gave him anything at all? Would you be happy to get $2 back? If they spent the money on crack and overdose, are you to blame?