Many philosophers have maintained that altruism is a crucial component of morality, and that people often do behave altruistically. Other philosophers, along with many biologists and social scientists, have claimed that facts about human psychology, or about the evolutionary processes that have shaped human psychology, indicate that no human behavior is genuinely altruistic.
If all human behavior is ultimately motivated by self-interested desires, then the egoist wins; if some human behavior is motivated by ultimate desires for the well-being of other people, then the altruist wins.
THINK of the current behaviour in the US by the mob or peaceful demonstrators depending on which of myopia around reality your views lie.
Let us consider the 'herd/mob' and their faux principles their motivation seems to be ultimate goal of upholding some moral principle—for example, a principle of fairness or justice, or the utilitarian principle of greatest good for the greatest number. Yet to witness it is to reminded of Carnival of mainly youthful abandoning the norms
of behaviour to exercise their jouissance (physical pleasure, delight, or ecstasy)
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