One of the concerns of most social scholars is the commodification of altruistic activities. In the conventional economics, it sometimes happens that some human activities that concern supporting others are looked upon as commodities and trade of goods. This article deals with western scholars' view on the mentioned issue. Using a library research, the critical views of scholars such as Polany, Sandel, Slater, Tonkiss, Frey, are reviewed and their criticisms in two philosophical-fundamental and economic-psychological areas are taken into account. The sum of these views ultimately lead to three propositions: 1- literal commodification results in real commodification 2- monetary validation causes the emergence of crowding-out and framing effects among those involved 1- in regard to altruistic functions, internal impetus is more effective than external one.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
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