On Tue, 9 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> curious wrote:
> >
> > There is nothing "un-ethical" about being selfish..
>
> HERE is the core difference between my ethics and yours. Possibly between
> many people's ethics and yours.
>
> _I_ think there is something very very wrong, very unethical, almost evil,
> about being selfish.
There's a lot of difference between self-interest and selfishness. While
respecting and following your self-interest is Good, being selfish is Bad.
I'm not sure that curious understands the distinction?
> I think the core cause of many of the world's injustices is selfishness.
>
> No, I'm not interested in a long debate about it - certainly not in this
> forum. This is not philosophy 101. But please understand that to me, and
> perhaps to a lot of people, selfishness is VERY VERY VERY unethical.
I'd agree with you -- but I'm not sure we're using the same word curious
is.
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