Josh
2007-07-31 09:00:24
I remember a conversation I had with a friend on this one. He said, “Everything we do, we do for ourselves.”
I tried to dis-prove his comment. And I lost.
When it comes down to it, I am motivated by guilt, happiness, love, impulse, or morals ingrained in ME. I might feel empathy for somebody else’s plight, but I react to that because in the end, it sates a feeling I have in myself.
If we were un-affected by those feelings, and an expected emotional reaction, then I think we would have little incentive to do something about an external situation.
Josh
