"Ethics - Are people really altruistic if they gain pleasure" To me this is a matter of degree and not absolute. So it's not "if gain pleasure (or benefit) th

"Ethics - Are people really altruistic if they gain pleasure" To me this is a matter of degree and not absolute. So it's not "if gain pleasure (or benefit) then not altruistic" and black and white but rather that someone can be altruistic and gain pleasure at the same time depending on what they are gaining and losing specifically. So a billionaire giving $100,000 for a good cause might seem to be less altruistic than a person with $200,000 net worth giving $100,000 of it for a good cause. (Fwiw I've never taken a philosophy course so this is just my personal common sense opinion..)