5 notes tagged "altruism"
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self-interest versus the common good
those two impulses are mutually exclusive, although certain circumstances allow them to appear complementary extreme self-interest (selfishness,
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denying world’s body destroys our souls
we cannot go through the world for our own benefit and that we are actually destroying our souls by an attitude that pretends to save them … even
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selfishness is to make claims upon others
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live, always aims at creating around it an absolute
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exaggerated altruistic virtues
Altruistic impulses of charity, benevolence, and the like are admirable, though misdirected intentions — degrade and demoralise … It is much more
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virtue of selfishness
Concept of Egoism, 1964, Ayn Rand and the writer (and lover) Nathaniel Branden … Objectivist philosophy themes include the identification and
#egocentric #altruism #objectified #subject