tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post4517169082097248256..comments2024-02-15T21:58:26.524+13:00Comments on a musing space; a performance in progress: The gift of timeailsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post-65202468005741836472008-01-18T19:08:00.000+13:002008-01-18T19:08:00.000+13:00Thanks for the link Arti.Altruism as moral servitu...Thanks for the link Arti.<BR/>Altruism as moral servitude was Ayn Rands take, but I am not convinced.<BR/>If i possess the goods of others, giving them back seems a rationale act. Titmuss extends his discussion into altruism being created within contexts. My own came from socialist Grandparents in the tradition of Marx: from those that have to those that have not. <BR/>Seems giving, or the right to give and to receive, is also political.ailsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10247094621951852148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27287415.post-81770017706621453712008-01-18T15:14:00.000+13:002008-01-18T15:14:00.000+13:00Was thinking about this recently - how giving crea...Was thinking about this recently - how giving creates an imbalance between the giver and the receiver - how our desire to do good/ feel good/ contribute material possessions, time or expertise always comes at the expense of others in some way - giving seems to be an essentially flawed activity <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.mainehumanities.org/programs/philanthropy_reading.html" REL="nofollow"> Maimonides' Laws Concerning Gifts to the Poor was helpful</A> as was that Augustine thing - <I>"when you possess surplus goods, you possess the goods of others"</I>artichokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15926940379668541109noreply@blogger.com