From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Apr 27 2002 - 00:25:56 MDT
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> Oh, poppycock. My selfish interests are better served /in the long
> run/ by others acting in their own self-interest. It makes them
> simpler to deal with; more predictable. It makes them build the economy,
> innovate, and create. It creates greater opportunities for trade.
> It minimizes the time I have to spend fighting altruistic legislators.
>
> I am selfish, but I don't want your charity--I want your trade.
>
So, you think trade is the ultimate and only good way for
sentient beings to relate while being driven by rational
selfishness? Do you also think that their understanding of what
really is in their self-interest will never include some or
perhaps all of which you now disparage as irrational because it
is "altruism"? If so, what is the convincing rational argument
that persuades you?
- samantha
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