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DÛke
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In conclusion, while I don't exactly see all the points made here...all of what I've read basically says that there are two types of selfishness...and even though nobody else has really agreed with that, everyone says it...without saying it.
Spiderman, don't worry, it wasn't a debate or anything...
Ok, this is a bit insulting. Almost every CPA member I talked to in past day thinks I'm being sarcastic about everything! You guys are taking me for granted, aren't you? I was being serious...Chaos Turtle:
Well it tough to determine whether you're most recent post is sarcastic, DÛke. If it's not, then congrats on seeing the point.
Good point. Suppose someone has no religious or spiritual motivation, what would be the reason behind the cause? Why does it always have to be something expected for an action -- and how do you know? How do you know that there's no completely selfless people out there?Chaos Turtle:
...The only thing I could even imagine that would come close to the truly unselfish act would be a person giving his or her own life to save a stranger's. But I believe that in almost any case where this has happened (though we can never know for certain, can we?) the person does so with a religious/spiritual motivation, and expects some reward hereafter.
Now there's *my* point. Is that really bad? Now we're talking back at me saying that there are, basically, 2 types of selfishness, one with a good motivation, and one with a bad one. Doing good things in order to feel good is not bad at all.Chaos Turtle:
Indeed, there are probably many examples of people do exhibit selfless behavior. But why do they? Because of some other personal motivation, even if it's something as simple as feeling good about it.
In conclusion, while I don't exactly see all the points made here...all of what I've read basically says that there are two types of selfishness...and even though nobody else has really agreed with that, everyone says it...without saying it.
Spiderman, don't worry, it wasn't a debate or anything...