RE: Why be good?
June 4, 2015 at 12:52 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2015 at 12:53 pm by robvalue.)
Wallym: yes, I think I am extremely "hard wired" to want to prevent pain and suffering whenever I can, and to never be the cause of it. I feel absolutely awful if I cause someone else pain or upset, and beat myself up about it way too much.
I think we're dealing with two slightly different issues, maybe I can "split the fishtank" (that's not a phrase).
1) I don't care about other random people, so I'm not going to help them any more than I need to
2) I don't care about other random people, so I'll happily screw them over anytime I can get away with it for my own benefit
These are kind of two extremes, even within the scope of what you are saying. I get the idea that you are much closer to 1 than 2. Of course there are different degrees of "screwing over" too, from minor things up to killing people for their underpants.
I think we're dealing with two slightly different issues, maybe I can "split the fishtank" (that's not a phrase).
1) I don't care about other random people, so I'm not going to help them any more than I need to
2) I don't care about other random people, so I'll happily screw them over anytime I can get away with it for my own benefit
These are kind of two extremes, even within the scope of what you are saying. I get the idea that you are much closer to 1 than 2. Of course there are different degrees of "screwing over" too, from minor things up to killing people for their underpants.
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