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What are the different opinions about helping others and/or sacrificing that are portrayed in each of these video clips? What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Why?

Is altruism real? Common? Are people, by nature helpful or selfish?

• Is altruism morally “right”? Or morally “wrong”? Explain your perspective.
• Can a selfish person be a moral person? A self-interested person? What is the difference, if there is any, between being selfish and being self-interested? Between acting prudently and acting morally?
• Is there a difference in sacrificing for a loved one (as in the Hunger Games scenario) and sacrificing for a stranger? Is one more altruistic than the other? Explain your perspective.
• How is the bystander effect related to issues of altruism and/or egoism?After you have viewed the videos, address the following questions:
• What are the different opinions about helping others and/or sacrificing that are portrayed in each of these video clips? What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Why?
• Is altruism real? Common? Are people, by nature helpful or selfish?

Is altruism morally “right”? Or morally “wrong”? Explain your perspective.

• Can a selfish person be a moral person? A self-interested person? What is the difference, if there is any, between being selfish and being self-interested? Between acting prudently and acting morally?
• Is there a difference in sacrificing for a loved one (as in the Hunger Games scenario) and sacrificing for a stranger? Is one more altruistic than the other? Explain your perspective.
• How is the bystander effect related to issues of altruism and/or egoism?After you have viewed the videos, address the following questions:
• What are the different opinions about helping others and/or sacrificing that are portrayed in each of these video clips? What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Why?
• Is altruism real? Common? Are people, by nature helpful or selfish?
• Is altruism morally “right”? Or morally “wrong”? Explain your perspective.

Can a selfish person be a moral person? A self-interested person? What is the difference, if there is any, between being selfish and being self-interested? Between acting prudently and acting morally?

• Is there a difference in sacrificing for a loved one (as in the Hunger Games scenario) and sacrificing for a stranger? Is one more altruistic than the other? Explain your perspective.
• How is the bystander effect related to issues of altruism and/or egoism?
• After you have viewed the videos, address the following questions:
• What are the different opinions about helping others and/or sacrificing that are portrayed in each of these video clips? What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Why?
• Is altruism real? Common? Are people, by nature helpful or selfish?
• Is altruism morally “right”? Or morally “wrong”? Explain your perspective.

Can a selfish person be a moral person? A self-interested person? What is the difference, if there is any, between being selfish and being self-interested? Between acting prudently and acting morally?

Is there a difference in sacrificing for a loved one (as in the Hunger Games scenario) and sacrificing for a stranger? Is one more altruistic than the other? Explain your perspective.

• How is the bystander effect related to issues of altruism and/or egoism?
• View the following YouTube TED Talk videos about the essence of altruism:
• Understanding Extreme Altruism (14:21). (Links to an external site.)
• Why Some People Are More Altruistic Than Others | Abigail Marsh (12:21). (Links to an external site.)
• What do you think? Does altruism exist? Is it a “good” thing, or is it destructive to the self-sacrificing individual?View the following YouTube/TED Talk videos and identify three views (real and fictional) on the virtue (or lack of) helping others. 
• Ayn Rand – The Morality of Altruism (9:22) (Links to an external site.)

The Hunger Games: Katniss and Peeta Reaping Scene (3:59) (Links to an external site.)

The Bystander Effect is Complicated – Here’s Why (16:57) (Links to an external site.

After you have viewed the videos, address the following questions:

What are the different opinions about helping others and/or sacrificing that are portrayed in each of these video clips? What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? Why?
Is altruism real? Common? Are people, by nature helpful or selfish?
Is altruism morally “right”? Or morally “wrong”? Explain your perspective.
Can a selfish person be a moral person? A self-interested person? What is the difference, if there is any, between being selfish and being self-interested? Between acting prudently and acting morally?
Is there a difference in sacrificing for a loved one (as in the Hunger Games scenario) and sacrificing for a stranger? Is one more altruistic than the other? Explain your perspective.
How is the bystander effect related to issues of altruism and/or egoism?