Why Do People Help Others?

1. They can't stand seeing others suffer
2. It's the right thing to do
3. They don't want to be in that situation
4. They feel guilty
5. They want to feel good
6. Just to prove something to one's self or to others
7. Life's already boring
8. Build up one's image
9. They have been told
10. Thanksgiving for blessings received
11. Public service
12. Philanthropy
13. Altruism
14. Golden Rule
15. Christ's commandment
16. Humanity's basic goodness
17. Settling some unfinished business
18. Love of God
19. Heavenly reward
20. Wash away one's sins
21. Ideology
22. Love for one's country
23. Preferential option for the poor
24. Serving the last, the least and the lost
25. Feeling heroic