Why do we do good things for others?

[Kishi Uzumaki]

Some do it for compliments they gain afterwards and some do it out of sympathy and kindness and there's others that will exploit good deeds you do in bad ways so be careful with ones you do good things for and don't hesitate for a moment if they really deserves it .

 

[Itachi Minato]

I suppose so, but he did ask why we do it I'm always of the view that if we understand things on a fundamental level, we come to more of an understanding, and that breeds cooperation.

I agree with this. For example when you're angry chemicals are released in your brain. How many of us have got angry, realised there is nothing to be angry about but still been pissed. Finding that out helps you control yourself. Anyway, I do good things because... I don't know I just do it without thinking about it. Feeling good comes after

 

[Dark Sonic]

what Light said

 

[lolokane]

I think the reason people believe they do good is because deep down inside, they believe that there is an objective good, that some actions, beliefs and morals are true regardless if everyone believes in them or not.

Otherwise, if moral values are all subjective, then no one's moral values are any better than another's, and therefore people shouldn't be mad at one another or try to change each other for having different moral values, no matter how 'extreme' or 'radical' they are in regards to societal norms. Any such act of putting a set of subjective morals above another set of subjective morals implies that one subject is greater or more valuable than another subject.