I have always been rather altruistic, from charitable giving to worthy causes to helping friends and strangers. I'm an agnostic, not an atheist - I can't reasonably say that there is, for sure, no God. I just haven't seen evidence there is, so I reserve judgement. So, whatever good I do, it's not to get any God points or buy myself a line ticket to heaven. In fact, according to that article, I do good because it gives me pleasure to do so. Which is about right - it *does* give me pleasure to see someone happier and know that I had something to do with it.