http://newsdesk.tjctv.com What should we think about people who seem to have almost an obsession with helping others? On this episode of "Up Close," TJC's Steven I. Weiss speaks with the author of "Concussion," now a major motion picture starring Will Smith. Jeanne Marie Laskas tells the story of pathologist Bennet Omalu and his devotion to telling the truth about head injuries in football.

And then, so-called "do-gooders" sometimes place the lives of complete strangers ahead of those of members of their families and communities – and even their own. Is there something wrong with them, or are they on the right track? New Yorker Staff Writer Larissa MacFarquhar talks about her book, “Strangers Drowning: Grappling With Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help.”