Question

What connection does the author make between empathy and altruism in human behavior? Cite evidence from the text in your response. In the passage "Why do human being do good thing?"

Answer 1

The connection the author makes between altruism and human behavior is:

The empathy behind watching ourselves in that person to execute an altruist act.

Step-by-step explanation:

The background of this answer is that the author explains that two major ideas explain altruism. The first one is that we believe we will win something from performing an altruist act. However he also points out that empathy of putting ourselves in the other's shoes is what makes us perform altruist acts because we become them and we want to ease our pain.