The greatest good for the greatest number of people is one tenet of utilitarianism, and this way of thinking is alive and well under a new name: “effective altruism”. The term effective altruism is questionable at best; however, their message does make a lot of sense. Basically what believers of
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Things Are Good: Volunteering Improves Your Mental Health
Volunteering is good for others, and it’s good for the volunteers too. People all have difference reasons for volunteering in their communities and whatever motivates them clearly helps others too. What’s really interesting is that it turns out that volunteers are rewarded by better mental health. Yes, volunteering can help
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The Value of Money
Dr David Dick is fascinated by money. Ms Soapbox isn’t…or wasn’t until she tried to understand why Albertans kept telling pollsters they’re okay with the NDP’s plans for greening the environment, funding education and healthcare and protecting paid farm workers … Continue reading →
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Caregivers Have the Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Recently, two articles caught my eye. One was a Johns Hopkins study showing that surprisingly, caregivers live longer than their non-caregiving counterparts. The other article reported on the happiest country in the world according to the World Happiness Report – Denmark. Why are Danes so happy? Apparently, their society is
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Altruism + Community
“It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I’m finished I’m not going to be on the front page, but I’m going to be just as happy without the publicity.” – Terry
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