日期:2026/01/31 IAE
The Principle of Altruistic Attraction
The Inner Law of Altruistic Economic Behavior and the Pathway of Life Value
From The Canon of Charity Economicism
Author: Frank Chen (陳俊吉)
Founder of the Global School of Charity Economicism
GCWPA / IAE
Section I
Chapter Positioning and Central Question
This chapter formally establishes the Principle of Altruistic Attraction as a foundational law within Charity Economicism, linking human inner motivation, economic behavior, institutional structures, and civilizational outcomes.
The principle addresses a fundamental question of modern civilization:
Why do individuals operating within the same capitalist system
experience radically different economic realities,
life quality, and long-term outcomes?
Charity Economicism asserts that:
Economic reality is not shaped by institutions alone,
but by the dynamic interaction between inner motivation,
value orientation, behavioral choice, and systemic response.
Section II
Formal Definition of the Principle of Altruistic Attraction
Definition
The Principle of Altruistic Attraction states that:
An individual’s dominant economic mindset, value beliefs, and motivational structure
will, over time, attract and co-create economic environments, institutions,
and behavioral systems that are consistent with those inner orientations.
This attraction process is characterized by:
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Long-term accumulation rather than instantaneous effect
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Subconscious reinforcement rather than explicit awareness
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Systemic and institutional manifestation rather than purely personal outcomes
Section III
Two Fundamental Economic Mindsets and Their Attraction Outcomes
A. Self-Interest–Dominant Mindset
When an economic actor is primarily guided by:
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Self-interest maximization
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Distrust of others and institutions
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Zero-sum or extractive economic assumptions
Their behavioral patterns tend to attract:
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High-risk, short-term, speculative environments
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Asymmetric transactions and exploitative labor structures
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Recurrent exposure to systemic failures of capitalism
Outcome:
Such actors are statistically more likely to become marginalized, overexposed to risk, or harmed by the very system they attempt to exploit.
B. Altruistic Life-Value–Oriented Mindset
When an economic actor is guided by:
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Compassion, integrity, and altruistic intent
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Long-term life value rather than short-term profit
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Economic activity as a cooperative, civilizational process
Their behavior gradually attracts:
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Cooperative and trust-based economic ecosystems
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Enterprises that prioritize life value, human dignity, and sustainability
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Institutional environments capable of protecting mental, social, and intergenerational well-being
Outcome:
This forms a co-evolutionary pathway in which Charity Economicism either complements or progressively replaces extractive capitalism.
Section IV
Scientific, Social, and Civilizational Foundations
1. Psychological Foundation
Beliefs shape attention, risk perception, moral boundaries, and decision-making, producing cumulative behavioral patterns.
2. Institutional and Market Dynamics
Markets are emergent outcomes of collective behavior.
Shared values naturally aggregate into compatible institutional forms.
3. Civilizational and Natural Law
As articulated in classical Eastern philosophy:
“Like voices resonate with like voices;
like energies seek like energies.”
Civilizations evolve through value resonance, not mechanical design alone.
Section V
From Attraction to the Law of Deep Belief
Charity Economicism further advances the Law of Deep Belief, an extension of the attraction principle:
What an economic actor deeply believes to be true about value, humanity, and life
will repeatedly materialize across their economic life course.
This is not metaphysical speculation, but the predictable outcome of repeated choice under value-consistent incentives.
Section VI
Practical Application in Daily Economic Life
The Principle of Altruistic Attraction is operationalized through everyday actions:
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Consumption
Prioritizing enterprises that demonstrate ethical governance, social responsibility, and life-value orientation.
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Investment and Career Choice
Selecting economic paths that enhance long-term human and social capital rather than extractive gain.
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Civic and Market Participation
Treating economic participation as a form of civilizational voting that shapes collective outcomes.
Section VII
Civilizational Significance
This principle reveals a core insight:
Therefore:
Civilizational transformation requires inner transformation of economic actors,
not merely external regulatory reform.
Chapter Conclusion
Life Value as the Rational Choice
Economic activity occupies the majority of human life.
Choosing altruistic, life-value–oriented economic behavior
is not merely a moral act,
but the most rational long-term investment in human existence.
The Principle of Altruistic Attraction stands as a central law through which Charity Economicism guides civilization toward sustainability, dignity, and enduring peace.
Author Attribution
Frank Chen (陳俊吉)
Founder, Global School of Charity Economicism
GCWPA / IAE