A Treatise on the Ontology of Altruism (or Lack Thereof)

 
 
 
 
 
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An angry response to the question “Is the act of killing yourself for someone else the purest act of altruism?”

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08/10/2009

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I don't feel there is a difference between self sacrifice and conscious self destruction. I do appreciate constructive criticism, however. I feel that conscious self sacrifice would be an extreme form of conscious self destruction; both logically flawed in thinking that a person could do something to damage their own personal being as a way to act selflessly when there is no mental - or physical - way of escaping the self. I don't think I confuse the two, I believe they are one and the same. Care to elaborate?

09 / 08 / 2009

:The Macabre Aquarian:

perhaps, you should rethink the question. You seem to confuse self sacrifice with conscious self destruction. You have an intersting perspective though, I enjoyed it.

09 / 07 / 2009