Money allows reciprocal altruism between an individual and an entire society.
I don't know. But if it does exist, it is probably best illustrated by, say, a soldier sacrificing his life for his country, rather than someone helping society for money.
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It is more accurate to view money as a contract that compels people to make themselves useful to each other, imo.
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We are a cooperative species. It seems counterintuitive but without this we’d be struggling to survive our given environment in discomfort. Money was/is a lightweight distribution bartering system.
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That’s a pretty goof example in a short space of time. From an external perspective this on the face of it would appear altruistic to others. However, it could also be reasoned that the individual is motivated by self interest.
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Yes, but in this case the self-interest is so abstract as to be virtually non-existent. It is subjugation to one's own dreams of a better world, but that dream only has power because of the perceived benefit it brings to others.
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