Humans Feel as Happy About Giving as Sex?

In the wake of the tragic earthquake in Haiti, New York Times columnist, Nicholas D. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner wrote an op-ed piece titled, “Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving.”

The article explores the works of University of Virginia psychology professor Jonathan Haidt who is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis as he examines the lives a couple of different individuals to try to determine what we link to happiness and concludes that maybe:

“Helping others may be as primal a human pleasure as food or sex.”

What do you think?

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