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All our actions are ultimately driven by selfish motives. If you peer deep enough, you'll always find that selfishness.
by nitwit005 2y ago
All our actions are ultimately driven by selfish motives. If you peer deep enough, you'll always find that selfishness.
- lxgr 2y agoYou might or might not be right, but even if you are, the extent to which this is depressing depends a lot on your definition (and delineation) of "self".
- lazide 2y agoA lack of selfishness at some level has the same problem as lack of an immune system. It encourages pathological behavior. Too much has similar problems as an overactive immune system - it causes eventually self destructive pathologies.
- nitwit005 2y agoCooperation is also selfish, even if we don't normally think of it that way. We're working together with others to accomplish something we couldn't alone, but either the result is something we personally desire, or we expect compensation for our help.
- lazide 2y agoAgreed. IMO, the real difference between ‘good’ (aka ‘not selfish’) and ‘bad’ (aka ‘selfish’) behavior is really more about the level of honesty, coercion, control, and degree of autonomy afforded the other participants than actual degree of self interest. So it’s less about degree of one’s own self interest, and more about the degree of interfering with or manipulating others and their self-interests.
- WhyOhWhyQ 2y agoPeering deep enough amounts to making 'selfish' a meaningless word.