Altruism Theory: Rapoport And Docquier (2006)

This syndrome relates the relation of stress with the living conditions a homeless immigrants develops while migrating. This model is consider of factor that an immigrants suffers when migrating. Some factor that contribute to immigrant stress are: loneliness, failure, fighting to survive and fear (Navarro-Lashayas, 2014, p. 713).

In Tomson, research by Appleyard concluses that the high rate of retun migrants was in part dur to the relative ease of the selection, passage and return (Thomson

Furthermore social values and norms in the home country functions as a pull factor for migrating such as status among friends and family in their own local community.

Similar to the concept of incentives in economics that describe people make decision according to incentives offered which is further clarified in the law of demand where consumers have the incentives to buy more when price is lower. Both families’ situations have given them the incentives to come to the United States for better living. The incentives are freedom from political persecution, greater opportunities for jobs, and economic stability. Opportunity cost will also occur when it comes to making choices whether in economic decision or in daily basis. In this situation, the opportunity cost for those refugees are loss of trust in their countries, broken relationship with their familiar neighborhood, and deviation from their familiar tradition and culture. Incentives and opportunity cost are then used to measure their economic profit by moving to the United States just like the way economists calculate economic profit in economic context. The difference is that in economic context we are provided with quantitative data while in this case we are provided with qualitative data. However the logic remains the same, if gains from the decision are greater than the opportunity cost it is economic profit. The refugees in this case have more incentives to come to United States because of the gains obtained from moving exceed their opportunity cost which is also known as their

Altruism is a concept in which the individual sacrifices regard for themselves in the interest of another. The ethics of altruism state that a person should act in a matter where their self-sacrifice yields the greater well being on the whole. To put that statement in the form of a fundamental principle of rightness, an action is right if and only if (and because) the action brings a net-gain of well being to anyone except the individual performing the action. The altruistic mentality of an individual according to this moral theory means that any action that they undertake should be in the interest of others rather than themselves. The ethics of this concept also state that relationships of greater value to the individual carrying out an action should come second in priority to those they have with strangers since the close relationship has a much more meaningful connection to a person’s life. In these situations, the only morally correct way of acting is in the way that defeats the well being of the agent of an action for the sake of others.

In Sally Satel 's “When Altruism Isn 't Moral” discusses the problem with the outrageous expectation the healthcare system has for organ donation and reception. Satel says “it is lethally obvious that altruism is not a valid basis for transplant policy. If we keep thinking of organs solely as gifts, there will never be enough of them.” I agree with Satel; the social requirements that a donor has to meet before being able to donate an organ is too restricted and is one of the many issues with our current mindset when it come to the care of the dying. As well as having obnoxious requirements in the altruism-only system of donating, the actual system is faulty. This altruism-only system causes social dilemmas and problems not unlike the ones that people fear with a compensation/incentive donation program.

According to the article “Far-Sighted” in the Economist, the assistance to help immigrants with their financial situation is on a rise. In years past, when an immigrant would migrate to a new country, they would have a dream and that was probably to grow their financial status or start a business, but there was problem for most migrants as they had a lack of paperwork and no credit.

The migrants help each other in order to help themselves, or in other words, they are dependant on the government-type community to ensure their own survival. Steinbeck writes that “a man with food fed a hungry man, and thus insured himself against hunger” (Steinbeck 266). Here the community helps each other, and the more people there are, the more they can help each other. Their rules and hierarchy may not be a traditional government, but they have governing leaders, laws, and anyone who tries to stay independent from their help will surely end up

The immigrates, value their family even though it was a greater risk to their lives, they

Migration is one life decision that has drastic impacts on a life. There is one question that always exists among native citizens here in the United States. This question, simply put, asks what makes immigrants decide

In this respect, it is worthy of mention that such a situation with the migration is the result of the recent trend in the world economy which is characterized by processes which are generally called globalization. The process of globalization is overwhelming and involves practically all countries of the world with rare exceptions which

Although Immigration is a complex topic with many different factors, the most common reason for immigration is poverty and the hopes of building a new future elsewhere. In the past migration was largely caused by the fore-mentioned issue of poverty, social strife, war, or other political conflicts. As of today these things are still issues and in some cases political asylum does play part in immigration decisions. Globalization is defined as the tendency for business, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world. Globalization is also a major factor in the decisions made before immigration, often times families and friends will eventually re-unite in one region in order to remain together. Living in a more technical world with an advanced society has brought us to the point we are at today, a nearly global community with more in common than in any century before. With the beginning of modern technology in the 1900’s came a more closely knit world, with more communication than what was seen in the past.

"We are all here on earth to help others. What I can't figure out is what the others are here for." --W. H. Auden (1)

Why do we show altruism? Social and evolutionary biologists, psychologists, economists and philosophers alike have made many attempts at providing an explanation for altruism. As a result, many opposing theories have developed over the years. In this essay, I will attempt to explain altruism as the presence of an altruistic gene which is selected for by natural selection in terms of kin selection. I will explore evidence supporting this theory, as well as evidence pointing to psychological explanations such as reciprocal altruism, social norms and primitive sympathy.

It has also been reported that circular migration is often influenced by labor market segmentation because many workers in high income countries are less likely to be employed in low-wage and low status jobs instead the position is usually occupied by migrants (Posel, 2010). Differences in household resources have also been documented in some reports (Hu, Xu, & Chen, 2011; Newland, 2009; Posel, 2010). It has been found that household resources and social economic status is higher among those who engage in permanent migration compared to circular migration (Hu et al., 2011). Poor household conditions have been recorded as one of the pushing factors of circular migration (Hu et al., 2011). Household socioeconomic status has been found to be positively related to circular migration. People from better-off household are more likely to migrate and mostly on a temporary basis as they can afford the cost of migration and may have connections in destination areas (M. A. Collinson,