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> But the people in the soup kitchen see me serving the food. Anyone walking by might see me in the window. The nuance here is that there's a difference being
by vinyl7 4y ago
> But the people in the soup kitchen see me serving the food. Anyone walking by might see me in the window.
The nuance here is that there's a difference being observed doing a kind act versus purposefully making it a public spectacle. I don't view people I observe doing something altruistic as self-seeking unless they try to "cash in" on it.
I would see someone helping a person in need and think "how kind of them!" But then later, if I see an Instagram post from that person saying "There was this person in need of help and I went over there and did something about it", then it can be seen as self-seeking.
- afavour 4y agoI actually erased the part you replied to, sorry. Primarily because I figured out the response to it myself! > it can be seen I still maintain that it’s unfair to project the value judgement of the observer onto the observed, as if the observer is impartial in all of this. It can be seen that way, yes, but it doesn’t have to be. That is the observer’s choice.