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The daily flamebait by Arachnid2004-10-21 02:00:38
  Depends by Spisefisken2004-10-21 02:09:19
    Wasn't it Freud that held the view... by Arachnid2004-10-21 02:11:22
      I agree with you there by Yaeger2004-10-21 03:45:29
        Huh? by Spisefisken2004-10-21 04:08:23
          I think you're missing my point somewhat by Yaeger2004-10-21 04:44:51
            You might not expect it consciously by Spisefisken2004-10-21 04:53:48
              The *real* point I am trying to make by Yaeger2004-10-21 07:15:43
                But are acting selfish by Spisefisken2004-10-21 07:28:56
                  And it makes you feel good to know by Yaeger2004-10-21 07:41:03
                    That is how the world works by Spisefisken2004-10-21 07:44:39
                      Does it ? by Yaeger2004-10-21 07:54:44
                        By "selfish reason", do you mean . . . by HadEnuf 2004-10-21 08:40:08
. . . "conscious motive" or "benefit to self"?

Looking for the former is cynicism; the latter, mindful[1] pragmatism.

If one person makes another's life better, in even the tiniest way, it unavoidably makes the benefactor's universe a
better for the benefactor, if only for a moment, simply because they share that universe with the beneficiary. For
the benefactor to deny that they benefit from their "altruism" is in fact a form of *ingratitude*, and cheapens the
act as surely as does the assumption that the act is purely manipulative.

--
HadEnuf?

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[1] In the Buddhist sense of accepting the world as it is, without judgement or "processing".
[ Reply ]
                          To answer the question, neither. by Yaeger2004-10-21 08:44:55
                            What is the sound of one hand clapping? by Naruki2004-10-21 08:51:34
                              What impossible restrictions ? by Yaeger2004-10-21 08:57:49
                                In your statement. by Naruki2004-10-21 09:02:10
                                If you want to interpret it that way by Yaeger2004-10-21 09:32:12
                                It's just that, in your first statement, . . . by HadEnuf2004-10-21 09:54:23
                                That's it exactly. by Naruki2004-10-21 15:17:07
                            There simply *is* no such situation, as I see it by HadEnuf2004-10-21 08:53:00

 

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