RE: Question for Atheists
December 27, 2010 at 9:55 am
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2010 at 9:59 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I may be a psychological egoist in the sense that I consider all interest must be self-interest because it is only our individual selves that are interested. If I care about others it is because I myself care about them and so that is still self-interest.
I don't care for ethical egoism though. I try to treat others no better or worse than myself by default, and then I lower or higher the priority on other particular individuals (some more than others, some less) and on myself based on other conditions that I calculate afterwards.
As for rationality, in one sense I believe everything is rational in the sense of logical, there is no such thing as an illogical or irrational universe....
On the other hand, if we are to say that a mind can only be considered "rational" if emotions don't interfere with judgement, then I believe all judgement is ultimately irrational (in a different sense).
I don't care for ethical egoism though. I try to treat others no better or worse than myself by default, and then I lower or higher the priority on other particular individuals (some more than others, some less) and on myself based on other conditions that I calculate afterwards.
As for rationality, in one sense I believe everything is rational in the sense of logical, there is no such thing as an illogical or irrational universe....
On the other hand, if we are to say that a mind can only be considered "rational" if emotions don't interfere with judgement, then I believe all judgement is ultimately irrational (in a different sense).
