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Originally Posted by Carn
Yeah, but the definition of selfishness is putting yourself before everything else; being chiefly concerned with yourself. If that is so, how can you say that putting yourself before everything is not being selfish?
I don't know about yall, but if I had to die so that anyone in my family could live, I would do it. Same with my friends. Well, close friends anyway. My friends are like brothers to me; they are like blood. Hell, even if it were not something so severe as death, I would put them above me. That's not to say I do whatever someone tells me to do, but for serious matters, if it were me or them, I would put them first.
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One must stay healthy in order to help others; if you neglect yourself you will be unable to help - that's how I can say putting "self" first is not being selfish. Being selfish is more along the lines of refusing to help others even when it will not negatively affect yourself in some relatively substantial manner.
Yes, I would die for most of my family in the right situation, but this kind of example seems more in the vein of "oh yeah I'm WAY more selfless than you," which is an epenis battle I'd rather not be involved in.
