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To: jbe who wrote (86657)	8/28/2000 10:43:34 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The affirmation of the principle is my main focus. Both selfishness and altruism negate the principle. I am using the coined term for a reason, and calling it bad, not good. It is praiseworthy to transcend one's circumstances and succeed against odds, just as it is praiseworthy to lend a helping hand to others. It is censurable to waste one's gifts (the parable of the talents?, the prodigal son?), just as it is censurable to turn a blind eye to a suffering stranger. In my scheme, a deed which improves the lot of someone else and happens to do one some good is even better than a purely selfless act, so there is no problem with charity that is supposed to benefit one spiritually, as long as the principle that the other person counts too is honored.