If helping other people pleases you, I consider you a good person indeed! This is why egoism has bit of a strange connotation, because in this case, helping oth

If helping other people pleases you, I consider you a good person indeed! This is why egoism has bit of a strange connotation, because in this case, helping others is egoism. I think egoism should just not be a bad word. Is a true altruist someone who helps others while hating it? Egoism vs altruism is not bad vs good as is often presented in our culture. We consider someone who helps others while enjoying it of higher morale than the person who does it reluctantly. The first is an egoist, the latter is a true altruist, she sacrifices herself for others. And it's logical, the most "good" is achieved in the case of helping others AND enjoying (dear I say "enriching") yourself in the process, win win for the social human with a rational self-interest and her peers.