PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Craig Kielburger, Oskar Schindler, Psych
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One day craig read a newspaper that detailed the plight of another boy his age a world away in pakistan; iqbal worked in a carpet factory 12 hours a day, six days a week. Craig and his friends began to discuss the case of iqbal, and others like him, and his crusade for children"s rights began. Free the children, now a worldwide organization, has been nominated for a nobel peace prize three times. Consider some examples of people who have acted very altruistically. For example, oskar schindler, the wealthy german businessman during the nazi regime who became the hero. Schindler was a shady operator, cheating in business and marriage, partying with sadistic german military officers. Consider bill gates, who cofounded microsoft and became the richest man. He and his wife have pledged billions of dollars to charity, much of it to target health issues around the world.
