RE: If people were 100% rational, would the world be better?
July 12, 2021 at 1:36 am
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2021 at 1:37 am by Anomalocaris.)
-It isn’t rational to care for the disabled, for example.
If one could establish the case that caring for the disabled indirectly improve the chances that oneself would cared for if oneself becomes disabled.
-Rearing a child with severe birth defects isn’t rational.
If one could establish the case that rearing a child with severe birth defect indirectly improve the odds that other children with less severe birth defects would also be reared.
-Most of the things we do for fun aren’t rational.
The fact that they are fun to do provides rationale to do them
-It isn’t rational for people to volunteer to aid disaster victims.
If one could establish the case that caring for the disabled indirectly improve the chances that oneself would cared for if oneself becomes disabled.
People are rational. They just don’t admit to what their goals really are.
If one could establish the case that caring for the disabled indirectly improve the chances that oneself would cared for if oneself becomes disabled.
-Rearing a child with severe birth defects isn’t rational.
If one could establish the case that rearing a child with severe birth defect indirectly improve the odds that other children with less severe birth defects would also be reared.
-Most of the things we do for fun aren’t rational.
The fact that they are fun to do provides rationale to do them
-It isn’t rational for people to volunteer to aid disaster victims.
If one could establish the case that caring for the disabled indirectly improve the chances that oneself would cared for if oneself becomes disabled.
People are rational. They just don’t admit to what their goals really are.