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Originally posted by Cynthetiq
the old man who goes down with the ship allowing the child and young couple to board the lifeboat... selfless. no reward, no martyr, not necessarily afterlife
second guessing or adding supposition invalidates the argument to me, because you are then giving specific conditions to make the argument fit.
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You mean like what you just did?
You can't just say 'self sacrifice' and imply that all self sacrifice is selfless if their are conditions that meet the selfish criteria.