Claim No act is done purely for the benefit of others Reason All actions even those that seem to be done for other people are based on self interest Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the rea | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Claim: No act is done purely for the benefit of others.
Reason: All actions — even those that seem to be done for other people — are based on self-interest.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

"Charity begins at home," goes the famous aphorism. Yet, in modern times, as people have become more and more aware of the troubles and toils of those less privileged than themselves, many have been taking an active interest in volunteering and activism. Arguably, these arduous tasks entail expending individual resources such as time, money, and patience. Thus, it would be unfair to say that people take such initiatives purely out of self-interest. Hence, I mostly disagree with the claim that no act is done solely for the benefit of others but rather out of some selfish agenda, for the following two reasons.
To begin, benevolent acts often benefit not only their immediate recipients but, perhaps unintentionally, even those whom the benefactor may not know personally. Take for example, climate change activists such as Greta Thunberg, toiling hard to implore governments to up the efforts to rein in climate change. When Greta first started the Friday school strike to draw attention to her concerns for the environment, little did she know that it would snowball into a global movement. Inadvertently, she might have put pressure on governments and individuals around the world to implement policies and draft green laws. Undeniably, she has impacted millions around the world without knowing who they are. It is hard to say, then, that she benefitted personally from her noble actions. Thus, since people seldom know the far-reaching implications of their seemingly trivial actions, they cannot be done out of some selfish motives.
Further, people are not required to do selfless acts, but they do them anyway. When someone is given the option to either do or not do something, you would think they would take the easy way out. For instance, it is not mandatory for people to donate items to organizations such as Goodwill, yet they do. They take the effort to sort out possessions they no longer need, check them to ensure they are still usable, and make the trip to a Goodwill outlet. They could easily throw the items in the trash and eschew all the effort, yet Goodwill is thriving. There is no instant gratification from the act. Thus, the claim that even the actions done in service to others are done in pursuit of some selfish self-interest holds no water.
Admittedly, in some cases, some people commit "selfless" acts for their own benefit. Celebrities with a tarnished reputation, attempting to better their image so they could keep getting work, fall into this category. So do politicians with a haunted past, trying to better their chances of being elected. However, could such acts, by definition, be called selfless or benevolent? Most people can see through their pretenses and condemn them for their self-centeredness. Thus, to even afford such people the consideration as that afforded to true benefactors would be a disservice to others.
In conclusion, no truly noble action by design can be deigned to have been done with the doer's personal benefit in mind, because the action often has far-reaching ripple effects. Moreover, people are not required by any law or regulation to do good yet they do so anyway. Therefore, such actions are done purely in service to others, and not out of self-interest or with some underlying hidden agenda.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 30, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , &apos
'Charity begins at home,' goes the famous aphorism. Yet, in mode...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
anyway, but, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, so, still, then, therefore, thus, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in some cases

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 20.0 14.8657303371 135% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 44.0 33.0505617978 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2762.0 2235.4752809 124% => OK
No of words: 541.0 442.535393258 122% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10536044362 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82280071112 4.55969084622 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86105258405 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 295.0 215.323595506 137% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.54528650647 0.4932671777 111% => OK
syllable_count: 846.9 704.065955056 120% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 12.0 6.24550561798 192% => OK
Article: 1.0 4.99550561798 20% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 28.0 20.2370786517 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.4370900884 60.3974514979 62% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.6428571429 118.986275619 83% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.3214285714 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.46428571429 5.21951772744 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 5.13820224719 195% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.266995937324 0.243740707755 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0688538165631 0.0831039109588 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0768641282662 0.0758088955206 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.153710271807 0.150359130593 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0448411321242 0.0667264976115 67% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 14.1392134831 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 48.8420337079 107% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 12.1743820225 88% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.72 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 142.0 100.480337079 141% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.7820224719 93% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.5 Out of 6
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
anyway, but, first, hence, however, if, may, moreover, so, still, then, therefore, thus, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in some cases

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