 In defence of the value of altruism, it could be argued that even though many altruistic acts are wrong, all things considered, nonetheless altruism is always a positive (or ‘right-making’) characteristic. On this view, the analysis of Scott and Seglow's racist donor example is that, while his racism is to be condemned, his altruism is not and that, in the case of racist donation (assuming that this really is wrong, all things considered), the ‘negative’ racism simply outweighs the ‘positive’ altruism. If this view is correct, then the claim that some altruistic acts are wrong becomes less relevant than it might at first appear, since what matters is the value of altruism as a positive moral property of actions, not whether all altruistic acts are good or permissible all things considered.