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Originally Posted by asaris
But people do perform good deeds merely for the sake of good -- not because it gives them pleasure or otherwise benefits them.
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I don't think that's true. People do in fact do good because it gives them pleasure or otherwise benefits them. If people are doing things that don't give them pleasure or otherwise benefit them, that would be insane. Literally.
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