From: Ian Goddard (igoddard@erols.com)
Date: Tue Aug 01 2000 - 23:35:06 MDT
At 11:51 PM 08/01/2000 -0500, altamira wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Ian Goddard
> >
> >
> > IAN: The difficulty is related to determining
> > how all people will define their self-interest,
> > which by the nature of self-interest is individual.
> > But that they will act in a way they believe is
> > in their self-interest is, I believe, a given.
>
>A given? Wait a minute. I thought we were talking about proofs.
IAN: Actually I was asking if anyone
could identify an action and/or goal
of a self that's truly selfless. If
there are no examples, then the idea
of a selfless chosen action is a myth.
------------------------------------------------------------
GODDARD'S JOURNAL: http://www.erols.com/igoddard/journal.htm
____________________________________________________________
Asking the "wrong questions," challenging the Official Story
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:30:17 MST