(March 2, 2012 at 3:26 am)Godschild Wrote: person runs into a burning building to save another's life and dies trying, that decision has nothing to do with genes, it is a selfless act of love that many do not possess, yet it is a decision made of one's own freewill.
Selfless, sure. But an act of love? Really?
Love is a highly selfish emotion that results when one values an object or a person above everything else. "Loving" everything and everyone is not a noble concept, it the corruption of the noble concept of love.
If the person being saved is a stranger (or someone irrelevant), then it is not an act of love. If the person being saved is a loved one, then it is not a selfless act.