Originally Posted by
daredevil 
I think TFM would dispute the fact that altruism exists in its truest meaning. After all, unless someone derives some benefit (spiritual or otherwise) from engaging in altruism in its truest sense, that person wouldn't do it per the model.
But what is altruism in it's "truest" sense? The word suggests that altruism exists in a detached kind of way in a rarefied plane, pure and unsullied. Isn't the reality that altruism exists in the very real and messy world of other people?
To me, TFM with it's emphasis on the human emotion of happiness fits in with this messy world very well.
Happy Easter!