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Nefir · 09-10-2003, 03:27 PM

See, the thing about your argument is - no matter what we say, its always going to have a selfish aspect to it.

So how about I'll attack you from another perspective - why is selfish necessarily "ungood"?

Seriously, think about it - we are all individuals, but we also live as a collective. By enriching our own life, without hurting another (not necessarily immediate or conscious hurt), we enrich the collective as well.

By helping someone else, I am satisfying my desire to do good, thus enriching not only my own life, but also someone else's - twice the good in one deed! What more could you ask for?

09-10-2003, 03:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nefir Junkie Location: Louisville, KY	See, the thing about your argument is - no matter what we say, its always going to have a selfish aspect to it. So how about I'll attack you from another perspective - why is selfish necessarily "ungood"? Seriously, think about it - we are all individuals, but we also live as a collective. By enriching our own life, without hurting another (not necessarily immediate or conscious hurt), we enrich the collective as well. By helping someone else, I am satisfying my desire to do good, thus enriching not only my own life, but also someone else's - twice the good in one deed! What more could you ask for? __________________ You do not use a Macintosh, instead you use a Tandy Kompressor break your glowstick, Kompressor eat your candy Kompressor open jaws, Kompressor release ants Kompressor watch you scream, Because Kompressor does not dance