Ethical Philosophy: Altruism and Selfishness
Many cultures and moral philosophies have promoted so-called selflessness, such as the ethical doctrine of altruism by Auguste Comte (who coined the term altruism). Perhaps as a result, some other philosophies have promoted so-called selfishness, such as the ethical tenet of Egoism and Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism.
Putting prescriptive morality aside, I contend that the self-interestedness assisted by pro-selfishness philosophers does not necessarily conflict with the kindness supported by pro-selflessness philosophers.
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Now let's look by the use of the term selfless. Generally speaking, what most pro-selflessness philosophers cry "selflessness," I would just shriek kindness alternatively sympathy. Using the term 'selflessness' seems to absurdly suggest that an allegedly "selfless" person does not have whichever desires, merits or goals or at fewest that the human does not try to doing out of his or her desires, values or goals at all. But that is probably not what most pro-selflessness philosophers mean. When they cry a human "selfless," they probably just mean that the person has compassionate desires, merits and goals, in that the person likes to help other people and other people's happiness makes the person happy. In compare to the misnomer 'selfless,' referring to such people as variety and compassionate more accurately portrays that the people each have kind and compassionate interests which they each perform out for opposed to not having interests or not acting out of their interests.
In conclusion, so-called "selfishness" and "selflessness" tin actually be compatible for the former can mean 'self-interestedness' and the latter can mean 'kindness.' And self-interestedness is compatible with kindness. In fact, I believe it is in maximum people's self-interest apt aid others,
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