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You can't call something irrational without providing the logical framework and values. Replace being altruistic with "having sex" or "enjoying drugs", etc. Som
by MichaelGG 11y ago
You can't call something irrational without providing the logical framework and values. Replace being altruistic with "having sex" or "enjoying drugs", etc. Some people enjoy being altruistic. Others perhaps do it for the social status it gives them. Saying there's no reason for it is rather pointless.
- javert 11y agoSo I guess you are defending living blindly and doing whatever you feel like doing, rather than actually thinking about what it makes sense to do. That does not sound like a good strategy. It may lead you to being a totally self-sacrificial shmoo living in a fantasy world, like the woman profiled in the article. Or it may lead you to being a jihadist. Or it may lead you to advocating political ideas that are destructive (like, say, the Nazis). Man has the faculty of reason, let's use it. There is such a thing as empathy for other people or animals that is genuine, but you shouldn't sacrifice more important values for it. Similarly I like playing board games sometimes, but I don't choose to play them all day and impoverish myself.