Detrimenting yourself or your standard of living in normal cases of self-sacrifice is not what is being called for here. It's about giving what you can without great damage to yourself. I won't give my salary away so a bum can get a beer. I won't give my life savings to a charity, or else I'll become a charity case. It's pointless.
In a murder, the loss of my life won't save anyone else's. I'd be giving all I have to get someone else something less valuable.
As for 'giving as much as you'll get back', there are a lot of people in the world who need more than they can ever give back. Humanity can't GROW if we don't ADD anything to it.
In a murder, the loss of my life won't save anyone else's. I'd be giving all I have to get someone else something less valuable.
As for 'giving as much as you'll get back', there are a lot of people in the world who need more than they can ever give back. Humanity can't GROW if we don't ADD anything to it.
