(March 12, 2013 at 7:00 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(March 12, 2013 at 6:39 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I'd call that projecting self interest, personally.
Well, it depends on what you mean by that. Do you mean that you hope that person will be nice to you in the future because you were nice to them, or some other thing that is difficult to desribe? (The former may happen sometimes, but I think that latter is still common).
Sure, reciprocation would be a form of self interest (and a widely demonstrated firmly established well documented tenet of the vast majority of cultures studied) but also the sort of "if I were in his/her shoes" assessment. Firstly by isolating the issue, then projecting the self, appraising your reaction towards the simulated event, and then transferring that conclusion to the original subject. This is selfish, self interested behavior, but almost uniformly a selfish, self interested behavior (at it's very core..though granted we project it out) that is positively valued.
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