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My supporting POV on selfishness motivating human moral values
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RE: My supporting POV on selfishness motivating human moral values
July 1, 2015 at 11:53 am
(July 1, 2015 at 11:50 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: It's amazing how popular this idea that everything is rooted in selfishness is. This idea only works though if you expand the definition of selfishness so much to the point the word becomes meaningless.

All this talk of selfishness makes me think of objectivism, which is pretty much bullshit across the board.  I'm not sure if that's what the OP is driving at, but it's the first thing that springs to mind.
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RE: My supporting POV on selfishness motivating human moral values - by KevinM1 - July 1, 2015 at 11:53 am

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