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This is slightly off-topic (as it doesn't help distinguish between Yvian's hypothesis and T&C's) but anyway:
People who feel guilty sometimes give to charity, right?
Is the social purpose of giving (in this case) therefore to punish yourself financially rather than actually help anyone?
Interesting. My introspection says no... for what that's worth. Usually I feel more good than bad when I give to charity.
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)?