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Originally posted by Tirian
ok - for example...
I once picked up a hitchhiker and was giving him a lift along his way...I've stated my motivation, but I'll allow the reader to judge for himself if this is a "good deed".
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oh it is a good deed no doubt about it. but you were not really doing it for him but for yourself. this goes back to when someone dies in a car wrech. we ask questions like was he drinking, was he wearing a seat belt. ect. you did this act of kindness for your own sense of comfort and security. this is like a person is looking at handicapped person in a wheel chair. why does one stare at the person in a wheel chair. why does one look away.
motdakasha
ok why were you his friend. we know why he was yours. to him you gave him comfort to know that there were people out in the world that cared for him. you eased a unbearable pain that he was living thought at the moment even though the pain in the end was too much. that was his motivation to be your friend what was yours. what did your freindship consist of. why did he think you were one of his good friends.
johnnymysto all sarcasm aside yes all your actions were selfish in nature. you opened the door for coworkers most likely because one it was culture programing and two to insure that they have a continued self image of you as a "good" person. returning a wallet was also another self image promotion purely to your self that time. the deer well it could be you just wanted to avoid damage to your car or you did not want to cause pain to the deer. before you say ha a good deed. it was in reality you who you wanted to avoid causing pain. empathy is understanding and or feeling anothers pain. you knew what pain it would cause if you hit the deer. so by avoiding the deer you avoid the pain both you and it would have felt.
booboo giving blood was pure self imaging inhancement. a good person gives bloood. i gave blood. so i must be a good person.