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I think this semantic argument of altruisn being self-interested often gets abused like Pascal's wager in an attempt to level out the self-interest of things like feeling good from donating to charity and feeling good from stealing an item from the store, and when you render those actions as similarly motivated you can sort of paint things with a moral nihilism.

There is a hard to articulate but naive understanding of the word altruism where you are only getting back feelings of self-worth or esteem for your actions. If we define altruism as doing an act that helps others solely for your feeling of self-worth or adherence to your core values, then I am happy with that definition and would encourage others to be more altruistic.