Someone who's scared to do what needs to be done to make the world a better place, but does it anyway.
"Selfless actions" is total bullshit, too. The hero, whether modest or not always hopes that they will either be able to enjoy the fruits of their efforts or that their own suffering will be minimal. I mean for shit's sake, we're only human, right? We seek the adoration of our peers or those who survive us. We want to go to heaven because we are selfish. I find it ironic that our selfishness makes us selfless.
But you're right, to an extent. My driver for being selfless is in the joy it gives me, I get greedy for that feeling. But that small bit of selfishness has to be balanced against the greater effort required to be selfless...
So what you're proposing is that perhaps selflessness may have an element of selfishness, but that the difference between the two is that selflessness is also beneficial to others. And it's not completely one-sided, so it's a more balanced.
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Date: 2007-07-25 01:41 pm (UTC)"Selfless actions" is total bullshit, too. The hero, whether modest or not always hopes that they will either be able to enjoy the fruits of their efforts or that their own suffering will be minimal. I mean for shit's sake, we're only human, right? We seek the adoration of our peers or those who survive us. We want to go to heaven because we are selfish. I find it ironic that our selfishness makes us selfless.
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Date: 2007-07-25 01:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-25 07:01 pm (UTC)But you're right, to an extent. My driver for being selfless is in the joy it gives me, I get greedy for that feeling. But that small bit of selfishness has to be balanced against the greater effort required to be selfless...
Everything's in the balance.
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Date: 2007-07-26 10:51 am (UTC)Wow. That is a damned sexy concept.
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Date: 2007-07-26 11:09 am (UTC)