{"id":1873,"date":"2009-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wptest\/2009\/01\/12\/carrying-the-burden-what-motivates-people-to-help-others\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T00:00:00","slug":"carrying-the-burden-what-motivates-people-to-help-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/2009\/01\/12\/carrying-the-burden-what-motivates-people-to-help-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrying the Burden: what Motivates People to Help Others?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Object:\u00a0Surrogacy. Territory:\u00a0Human\u00a0Motivations. Why\u00a0do\u00a0surrogates\u00a0bear\u00a0children\u00a0for\u00a0other\u00a0women?\u00a0Is\u00a0it\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0desire\u00a0to\u00a0help\u00a0childless\u00a0couples,\u00a0or\u00a0is\u00a0it\u00a0for\u00a0financial\u00a0compensation?\u00a0Is\u00a0this\u00a0an\u00a0important\u00a0distinction?\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nPhilosophical\u00a0Theories:\u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Mill\u2019s\u00a0Utilitarianism:\u00a0Is\u00a0human\u00a0motivation\u00a0important\u00a0if\u00a0 the\u00a0greatest\u00a0good\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0greatest\u00a0number\u00a0is\u00a0achieved?\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 Kant\u00a0Theory\u00a0of\u00a0Moral\u00a0Motivation:\u00a0One\u00a0must\u00a0act\u00a0 according\u00a0to\u00a0duty.\u00a0One\u00a0should\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0acting\u00a0for\u00a0reward\u00a0 or\u00a0merit.\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\n\u2022 MacIntyre\u2019s\u00a0Dependent\u00a0Rational\u00a0Animals:\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0possible\u00a0to\u00a0differentiate\u00a0between\u00a0altruistic\u00a0and\u00a0 egotistical\u00a0acts.\u00a0The\u00a0family\u00a0bond\u00a0is\u00a0greater\u00a0than\u00a0any\u00a0 other\u00a0motivation.\u00a0<br \/>\nConclusion:\u00a0 It\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0possible\u00a0to\u00a0provide\u00a0a\u00a0 theory\u00a0to\u00a0explain\u00a0all\u00a0human\u00a0 motivation.\u00a0Every\u00a0human\u00a0is\u00a0different\u00a0and\u00a0therefore every motivation must be viewed independently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederica St Clair Gainer, 2009, Stage 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8792,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[540,22,123],"tags":[3,36,302],"class_list":["post-1873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-540","category-abstracts","category-stage-3-abstracts","tag-kant","tag-macintyre","tag-mill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}