Giving a person a hand up is not altruism.
Giving a person a hand out is altruism.
altruism is giving without getting something back
"Giving a person a hand up is not altruism.
Giving a person a hand out is altruism."
Well stated. *Applause*
Here's her site, if anyone's interested:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer
"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." — Ayn Rand