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- From: pclary@mushroom.csc.calpoly.edu (Ellen Clary)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Altruism (was: two men)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.044921.25977@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 04:49:21 GMT
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- Jon and Muffy have probably covered this to death, but one problem
- with the concept of altruism is that it can get quite paradoxial.
- If one derives any self-satisfaction from being altruistic, then
- one could argue that that is no longer altruism....
-
- [Enough on that]
- This thread has gotten me thinking about western philosopy all
- over again. As an undergrad, I was encouraged to be a philosphy
- major, because I did quite well in a class. I considered it for
- awhile, but then decided that, while I was interested in 'searching
- for the truth' [whatever that really means] and other common
- philosophical quests, I wasn't that interested in getting into
- the seemingly testosterone-laden logic fights ('my logic can beat
- up your logic' type of thing). My question to those involved in
- this thread is first: is this your experience? and second: why does
- this happen? (Muffy, it sounds like your class is going beyond
- western philosopy so maybe you haven't observed it in your class.)
-
- Ellen
- (Whose experiences are never adaquately described by logic anyway.)
-