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I think having children may be fundamentally selfish, but not raising children.
by rifung 11y ago
I think having children may be fundamentally selfish, but not raising children.
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- TeMPOraL 11y agoI'll add to this that raising children can be selfish as well if you overdo it and apply "Hollywood morality" in your life - i.e. "they hurt my child, so I'll hurt hundreds or even thousands of people to get my revenge on the one who did it to my child, and it's OK and I am a good person". That is, doing things for your own benefit at the expense of everyone else around is selfish, but I believe so is doing things for your loved ones at the expense of the society at large. Call it recursive selfishness, or sth.