The basis of human creation lays the foundation for altruism. Babies, be they human or animal are born helpless. Their very survival depends on the love and affection that are already embedded in the hearts of mothers. No amount of selfish attitude of mothers, not at least from short life span, can help in the growth of their off‐springs. One can argue that it is the self‐interested motive of the parents and most particularly the mothers of getting supports in their old days that drives them to be altruistic rather than selfish. Being altruistic means undertaking a lot of sacrifice in terms of personal pleasure and happiness merely for seeing pleasure and happiness in others regardless of any human bondage. An egoistic person, on the other hand, would never care for others. Personal level satisfaction only dominates the mind of an extremely egoistic or self‐centered man.
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ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ALTRUISM Available to Purchase
Ataul Huq Pramanik
Ataul Huq Pramanik
Faculty of Economics, International Islamic University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7174
Print ISSN: 0828-8666
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1998
Humanomics (1998) 14 (3): 21–44.
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Huq Pramanik A (1998), "ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS FOR PROMOTING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ALTRUISM". Humanomics, Vol. 14 No. 3 pp. 21–44, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018813
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