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 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)