Because evil must be alone, as it cannot be trusted.
Because your plans will not all succeed, and it is more harmful to be revealed as everyone’s enemy than as someone’s friend.
Because caring about other people provides an additional source of motivation.
(I know ego depletion causes a reduction in acts of altruism, but I thought I remembered that engaging in acts of altruism could counter ego depletion. Now I can’t seem to find any research supporting this, so perhaps not.)
Because evil must be alone, as it cannot be trusted.
Because your plans will not all succeed, and it is more harmful to be revealed as everyone’s enemy than as someone’s friend.
Because caring about other people provides an additional source of motivation.
(I know ego depletion causes a reduction in acts of altruism, but I thought I remembered that engaging in acts of altruism could counter ego depletion. Now I can’t seem to find any research supporting this, so perhaps not.)