Julian Baggini - When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively fee...

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When you do the right thing, but not to any particular person, we instinctively feel that we have earned some sort of pay back. Since no-one will do that for us, we opt for self-service reciprocation.

Julian Baggini

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn Sie das Richtige tun, aber nicht mit einer bestimmten Person, haben wir instinktiv das Gefühl, dass wir uns eine Art Gegenleistung verdient haben. Da dies für uns niemand tun wird, entscheiden wir uns für die Selbstbedienung.

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