@masterthesis{Nessel2014,
  type      = {Bachelor Thesis},
  author    = {Nessel, Camille},
  title     = {Die Logik des selbstlosen Gebens im Spiegel des normativen und rationalen Paradigmas},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-88529},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {53},
  year      = {2014},
  abstract  = {The word altruism derives from the French sociologist Auguste Comte, who also happens to be the founder of sociology. It can be best described with the term selflessness and is mostly regarded in contrast to the so called rational and egocentric behaviour of human beings. People who support the idea of a rational protagonist often reject the idea of altruism. On the contrary people who believe in altruistic human beings are rather rare and do not support the idea of a purely egoist human being. The presented BA Thesis examined this controversy on the example of Emile Durkheim and James Coleman who both represent different ideas when it comes to altruism. While Durkheim sees altruism as an evident feature of human nature, Coleman denies its existence. Instead, he is assuming that human behaviour is driven by egoism and he therefore exemplifies the rational-choice concept. The opposing approaches towards altruism are rooted in the different premises, which also lead to different methodological paths in social or sociological theory. The methodological individualism portrayed through Coleman starts from an egocentric, rational stakeholder, whereas the methodological collectivism finds it origin in a normative world view. The paper analysed these approaches. By comparing both ontologies I tried to show the limits of both theories and a way out of the methodological dispute and subsequently between the altruism-egoism controversies.},
  language  = {de}
}