Prosocial behavior, or “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another”,is a social behavior that “benefit[s] other people or society as a whole,” “such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering.”
Prosocial behavior, or “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another”
That is altruistic behavior. However I asked for the definition of a “pro-social outcome”.
Let’s say there was some change as the result of some action. How can I figure out whether that change is a “pro-social outcome” or is not a “pro-social outcome”?
If “greed” is defined as something like “behavior intended to increase one’s own wealth”, it seems that as long as a behavior has only one intent (which may not be the case), greed and “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another” are mutually exclusive by definition. However, if you care about whether it benefits others regardless of intent to do so, the answer may be quite different.
Start here:
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/
Wouldn’t be more useful to just provide a valid counter example instead of mocking me?
The success of capitalism is a valid counterexample.
non sequitur.
Just because you view capitalism as a form of success it does not follow that greed has pro-social outcomes.
What exactly is “pro-social outcome”? Can you define it?
Prosocial behavior, or “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another”,is a social behavior that “benefit[s] other people or society as a whole,” “such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering.”
That is altruistic behavior. However I asked for the definition of a “pro-social outcome”.
Let’s say there was some change as the result of some action. How can I figure out whether that change is a “pro-social outcome” or is not a “pro-social outcome”?
If “greed” is defined as something like “behavior intended to increase one’s own wealth”, it seems that as long as a behavior has only one intent (which may not be the case), greed and “voluntary behavior intended to benefit another” are mutually exclusive by definition. However, if you care about whether it benefits others regardless of intent to do so, the answer may be quite different.
google says that the definition of greed is “intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food.”
Replace “behavior intended to increase one’s wealth” with that definition, then. Everything else I said still stands.