Green Lantern

So I watched the movie Green Lantern last night and it was really a nice action packed movie. Well anyways, as I was watching the movie I realized the main character was really a selfish jerk. Once he got super powers he decided to help people because he had the power to do it. Yeah, So where am I going with this? I was thinking while I watched the movie would we as people be altruistic if we didn't have the power to do good things for other people. I know it's a weird connection but it's just a thought. What really makes us want to make other people's lives easier and do good things for them? I know we are sociable beings but why do we do it? Are we trying to gain acceptance?

Would we feel guilty for not helping, knowing that we possibly had the power to change something?

P.S. I realized that my last two post have been about movie and it's come to me recently that so many movies have a lot to do with some of the things we discuss in class.