Altruism and Research Collaboration: A Conceptual Approach

Altruism and Research Collaboration: A Conceptual Approach

P. H. Dale BA(Hons) UTas, DJUR USQ, GCertArts Melb, LLMComLaw Monash, GDip Leg Prac ANU

Current USQ PhD StudentSupervisors

Prof Patrick Danaher BEd JCU , BA Qld , GDipEdTert UNE , MLitt UNE , PhD CQUDr Catherine Arden BA UNE , GDipFET USQ , MEd USQ , PhD USQ

Paper presented at the 26th University of Southern Queensland

Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Group research symposium,

University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba,

Friday 27 November 2020

Via Zoom

1This research is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.

The Symposium Theme and Some Considerations

The Symposium Theme:

Research Relationships and Supports: Facilitating Research Through Collaboration

The Considerations:1. The value of approaching research through a collaborative

process rather than strict individualism;

2. The importance of creating and maintaining research communities;

3. The affirmation of the research journey through shared experiences; and

4. The developmental and incremental humanism and growth through novel insights and knowledge sharing and acquisition creating global consciousness.

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This research is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.

Research Collaboration: Generally

The Problem of the Unrestrained Ego

From Egocentrism, by OpenClipArt-Vectors, 2014, Copyright 2014 by Pixabay.

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Background to Research:1. What I am reading at the moment?

a. Existentialism

b. Psychoanalysis

c. Empirical/behavioural studies

d. Phenomenology

2. The ideas?

a. Essential and anti-essential elements of egoism/altruism

b. Conscious and unconscious mechanisms of ontology/teleology

c. Capacity and conceptual framework towards altruism

3. Some key references

a. Nietzsche, F. (1968). The Will to Power. New York: Vintage Books.

b. Maslow, A. (2012). Towards a Psychology of Being. [Google Play version]. Retrieved from Play.google.com

c. Foucault, M. (1980). Power/Knowledge: Selected interviews and other writings, 1972-1977. New York: Vintage Books

d. Levinas, E. (1979). Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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Working Definition of Altruism:

Any thought or act that is focused on the other, whose modus operandi is for the good

of the other, regardless of the effect on self. If by chance the thought or act benefits

the self in any form or substance, as long as the thought or act is prima facie altruistic and when evaluated posteriori at the root of the thought or act it is altruistic, then any self-interest is a by-product and immaterial to the ontology of

the thought or act and its teleology.

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Multi-Conceptual Analysis (Dale, 2020)

The Multi-Conceptual Analysis – Developmental and Incremental Humanism (Dale, 2020)

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Egoism

Altruism

ReciprocityConscious Awareness

EpistemologyUnderstanding

Purpose

Multi-Conceptual Analysis

Reciprocity

Both teacher and student which is partly instructed and partly ad hoc.

From Workplace, by Free-Photos, 2016, Copyright 2016 by Pixabay.

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Conscious Awareness

Having intent and accountability for participation in the collaborative process.

From Lightning Bolt, by Free-Photos, 2014, Copyright 2015 by Pixabay.

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Epistemology

Sharing knowledge and educating.

From Books, by Free-Photos, 2013, Copyright 2015 by Pixabay.

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Understanding

Both understanding and reflecting on the collaborative process.

From Woman, by Free-Photos, 2015, Copyright 2015 by Pixabay.

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Purpose

Having and finding purpose and meaning in the collaborative process.

From Waterfall, by Free-Photos, 2015, Copyright 2015 by Pixabay.

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Multi-Conceptual Analysis: Implementation

My supervisors have enacted the Multi-Conceptual Analysis with the following behaviours:

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Active listening

Active feedback

Promptresponses

Active discussion

Openness to discussion

Availability Providingvaluable references

Providing valuablequestions

Genuine interest

Respectand empathy

Providing initiatives

Subtle instruction

Concluding Remarks

All stars have a place in the darkness of ignorance, judgement and control to

illuminate the universe of knowledge, acceptance and freedom. (Dale, 2020, p.3)

From Moonshine, by Free-Photos, 2015, Copyright 2015 by Pixabay.

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References

• Dale, P. H. (in preparation). DO WHAT THY WILT OR DO UNTO THY NEIGHBOUR AS THY WOULD DO UNTO THY SELF. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE NATURE OF EGOISM AND ALTRUISM. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia.

• Free-Photos. (2013) Books: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/books-library-education-literature-768426/

• Free-Photos. (2014) Lightning Bolt: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/lightning-bolt-lightning-power-768801/

• Free-Photos. (2015) Moonshine: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/moonshine-lake-reflection-night-960797/

• Free-Photos. (2015) Waterfall: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/waterfall-rainbow-spray-water-flow-828948/

• Free-Photos. (2015) Woman: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-african-looking-up-head-1030895/

• Free-Photos. (2016) Workplace: Pixabay. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/photos/workplace-team-business-meeting-1245776/

• OpenClipArt-Vectors. (2014) Egocentrism: Pixabay. Retrieved from http://pixabay.com/en/concentrical-connected-network-team-152573/

https://pixabay.com/photos/books-library-education-literature-768426/

https://pixabay.com/photos/lightning-bolt-lightning-power-768801/

https://pixabay.com/photos/moonshine-lake-reflection-night-960797/

https://pixabay.com/photos/waterfall-rainbow-spray-water-flow-828948/

https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-african-looking-up-head-1030895/

https://pixabay.com/photos/workplace-team-business-meeting-1245776/

http://pixabay.com/en/concentrical-connected-network-team-152573/

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Altruism and Research Collaboration: A Conceptual Approach