I don’t think any discussion about virtue vs. self-interest is complete without discussion of where both come from. Self-interest is the psychological expressi

I don’t think any discussion about virtue vs. self-interest is complete without discussion of where both come from. Self-interest is the psychological expression of our entire bodies purpose, to survive. And virtue comes from the shared positive sums, toward survival and growth, by aligning interests between things. I would say that the best work any of us can do, is to create and be rewarded from increased alignment between each other. Whether that is providing a service or product, or designing systems and organizations that work for us all. If I were going to assign emotions behind that, they wouldn’t be humility, but a strong combination of caring and ambition. Although humility does help avoid a lot of counter productive behavior!