Why be good?

[Thumpalumpacus]

From reading this thread, it sounds like a lot of you feel you have no choice but to care.  That the feelings are inevitable.

That's not the case at all, for me. I certainly choose to care -- I choose to be involved in the rest of the world. And my choice is selfish, too: it's because I have a son, and I want him to have as good a world as possible.


 

It's odd that the response to me not caring always has negative connotations.  Your empathizing is involuntary product of evolution, but my not empathizing is something I'm choosing to do wrong?  There is something that doesn't add up there.

It's probably because you don't understand that when you tell someone you'd just as soon stick them in the back for an advantage (and that's what you're doing here), you shouldn't be surprised when people express dismay, and keep you at arm's length. You're certainly one person from this forum I would never want to meet in real life, because knowing what I know now, not only would I not trust you, I would positively distrust you. I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment either.

Tell me -- do you mention this amoralist approach to life to the people in your everyday, real-world life? Do you tell them that they're only as good as their utility to you? How do they respond to it?

How's that working out for you?

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Tough to have a circle jerk without a bunch of jerks.

No, I'm serious. Rationally speaking, it is not advisable to inform the people you may well wish to fuck over that you'd do exactly that. Their guard will be heightened, and their suspicions of you will grow.

See? I'm helpful like that.