When I give blood.. I do get a small sense of satisfaction after the deed is done. However, I do not give blood for that pleasure. I do it because it may save 3 lives. Not to mention my blood type is one that seems to be in high demand.
Going back to the definition thing... I think the possibility that I might save lives (good thing) outweighs the small sense of satisfaction (apparently bad thing) I get afterwards. To be selfish, an act must be done specifically for the (in this case) satisfaction or sense of pleasure. I do it to save lives.
Now I'm not saying that there might not be some people that do infact do it for that reason, as there are many egotistical people like that out there.
But...
It depends on the motivation. You are assuming that people will always do it for the selfish motivation. This is not true.
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ex. why does a person have sex. 1) pleasure 2) procreation 3) companionship 4)power ect... why does a person do good deeds 1,2,3,4 ect.
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Again here... you leave out the possibility that they do these, just to do them. Even to do them simply to please someone else. I dont believe that there always has to be some secret hidden selfish motivation.
A lot of times I dont think about stuff I'm doing... just as an example I had to get fillings at the dentist. While he was drilling I found myself thinking about completely random things that had nothing to do with the dentist. I almost even forgot he was drilling. I dont know why but this is how I think about stuff. I never sit there and contemplate my actions or why I am doing something. After I do something I might be like, "Why the hell did I do that" but thats still after the fact and its something different anyways.
err I hope that last part made sense and you can see the relation I was trying to point out.