PhilGoetz comments on Guilt: Another Gift Nobody Wants - Less Wrong

67 Post author: Yvain 31 March 2011 12:27AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 02 April 2011 04:14:15PM *  0 points [-]

Interesting. My introspection says no... for what that's worth. Usually I feel more good than bad when I give to charity.

Comment author: Giles 02 April 2011 06:24:16PM 0 points [-]

Good! That's how it should be.

I was thinking about only the people who give as a response to guilt. Do you give mainly when you feel guilty, or at other times?

Also, have we addressed whether in general guilty people who self-punish feel good doing so (even as it puts them at a material/social disadvantage)?