David Brooks: Kekuatan altruisme

David Brooks, dalam artikelnya, The Power of Altruism, menjelaskan kekuatan dari altruisme. Ia menulis:

"Classical economics adopts a model that says people are primarily driven by material self-interest. Political science assumes that people are driven to maximize their power.

But this worldview is clearly wrong. In real life, the push of selfishness is matched by the pull of empathy and altruism. This is not Hallmark card sentimentalism but scientific fact: As babies our neural connections are built by love and care. We have evolved to be really good at cooperation and empathy. We are strongly motivated to teach and help others."

David berpendapat, motivasi moral lebih punya kekuatan daripada motivasi finansial untuk membentuk komitmen altruistik.