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- From: tyadav@athena.mit.edu (T.Y.)
- Subject: Re: individualism
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.172138.8153@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:21:38 GMT
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- >eng10276@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAM CHUAN YAP) writes:
- >
- >
- >|Humans today are simply too selfish and individualistic that they forgot
- >|about the welfare of the [people around them.
- >
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- marwes@scorch.apana.org.au (Marcus Westbury) enquires:
- > What is the definition of individualism for the purpose of
- > discussion here?
-
- Furthermore:
-
- - what is the definition of selfishness here?
- - what is that you call "people?" Isn't that collection of individuals?
- - what is that you call "welfare of the people?"
-
- All I see/know is that the most individualistic/selfish humans are the most
- productive humans. Their cause is determine by values within themselves.
- The effect of their effort is happiness/wealth that reaches far beyond
- themselves - perhaps, because of the nature of human existence: we live
- together, in so called society.
-
- T.Y.
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