| Well, you have said nothing I particularly disagree with. On the other hand, I had intended that both selfishness and altruism, as general orientations, be understood as deficient. I think that charity is a good thing, and that motivation counts. I do not, though, think that being wholly "other directed", to one's detriment, is good. What I said was that selfishness is bad, and altruism is not much better, because we should have respect for individual dignity, whether our own or others, and balance claims with a certain impartiality, insofar as possible. |
