(March 12, 2013 at 5:35 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(March 12, 2013 at 5:21 pm)Tranquility Wrote: The detriment and advantage to the individual is implied in both the golden rule and Kant's more refined version of it.It's called empathy. Maybe some people can put their own selfish motivations into even that, but it certainly isn't necessary.
I can't argue with that. I do many things out of the care I have for others rather any sense of it being the right or wrong thing to do.