Claim: No act is done purely for the benefit of others.
Reason: All actions — even those that seem to be done for other people — are based on self-interest.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.
This is a controversial topic on whether any act is done selflessly or not. This claim is based on the assumption that, that no action, no matter how selfless it looks, carries some selfishness. Indisputably, humans are selfish creatures and most of their actions and interests are aligned with hedonism when presented with no context. Nevertheless, the claims made by the author are based on assumptions that are not bolstered enough and require more revision. Thus, it is not surprising to disagree with the author.
First of all, humans are social in nature. Association with family, friends and other acquaintances keeps them alive both physically and emotionally. Isolation from their own species are resulted with severe depression and self harm. This fact prompts people to make decisions not for themselves but for those around them. To illustrate, imagine a parent of two. When faced with difficulties or opportunities, parents never aspire to be selfish and most of their decisions are beneficial to the children rather to them. This aspect can be stretched to family, friends, partners and other relationships an individual cherishes. Any kind of neglect or selfishness in these relationships are met with immediate and dire repercussions.
Adding to the above example, when a man is given the opportunity for a better job or income, he would most likely weigh his options before jumping the gun. His family's comfortability, financial conditions, co-workers suggestions and generally the opinions of the people around him. All of these reasons may appear selfish at first glance but these reasons are not directly connected him. He inculcates every possible suggestion received in his decisions in order to not to burden the people around him. In a way his decision is to please his relationships. People in the current era survive on approval and association from others. Hence most of their decisions would be to please the people they love or people surrounding them.
Similarly, consider a man who is selfish and never made any decision that does not benefit him. He would be alienated gradually and isolated from the society. Such severe disconnection from the world can result in insanity, jealousy and rage fits. Humans are aware of the effects their actions produce and always remain cautious regarding their plans. Assume a child eating an apple that was brought by his mother. This might be interpreted as an selfish act as he is munching on something that is earned by his mother. But on closer look it can be notices that the child is easing his mother's sense of guilt towards him while the mother is appeasing his son's hunger. If the child has refused to comply with his mothers wishes, he would have met with a disappointed or an angry mother. This scenario could have damages the relationship between the parent and child.
In conclusion, the authors claim that there is no selfless act conducted by humans is based on an flawed assumption and does not stand in many situations. Unless it is modifies or some back ground information is added or some much needed evidence with more statements are added to these claims, they cannot be considered seriously. In fact, the selfless acts that people perform everyday is knitting the society together and helping it towards a better and prospering future.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 259, Rule ID: NOUN_AROUND_IT[1]
Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
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Message: Consider using 'the surrounding people'?
Suggestion: the surrounding people
...his decisions in order to not to burden the people around him. In a way his decision is to please his...
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Hence,
...n approval and association from others. Hence most of their decisions would be to ple...
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Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...earned by his mother. But on closer look it can be notices that the child is easi...
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Suggestion: a
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Message: 'Everyday' is an adjective. Did you mean 'every day'?
Suggestion: every day
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, if, look, may, nevertheless, regarding, similarly, so, thus, while, in conclusion, in fact, kind of, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 35.0 19.5258426966 179% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 30.0 14.8657303371 202% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 58.0 33.0505617978 175% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 12.9106741573 70% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2781.0 2235.4752809 124% => OK
No of words: 549.0 442.535393258 124% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06557377049 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84053189512 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.81699627812 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 283.0 215.323595506 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515482695811 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 864.0 704.065955056 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 6.24550561798 224% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.9572143618 60.3974514979 58% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 86.90625 118.986275619 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.15625 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.125 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 15.0 5.13820224719 292% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.185866828606 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0445053986762 0.0831039109588 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0356141032596 0.0758088955206 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.107532499727 0.150359130593 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515543022899 0.0667264976115 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.0 14.1392134831 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 48.8420337079 111% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 12.1743820225 81% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.83 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.71 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 147.0 100.480337079 146% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.