From a strictly sociopathic perspective, cheat all you like, because you are all that matters; but such thinking in inimical to a just and satisfying society. From a social perspective. we cannot successfully live together without accepting certain responsibilities, and there both an individual and a social aspect to human personalities.…
From a strictly sociopathic perspective, cheat all you like, because you are all that matters; but such thinking in inimical to a just and satisfying society. From a social perspective. we cannot successfully live together without accepting certain responsibilities, and there both an individual and a social aspect to human personalities. Mutualistic integration of both needs seems to me to be the wisest choice, in pursuit of "enlightened self-interest" happiness.
The way I put it is to say that it's "me first" until I discover that my behavior is harmful to someone, probably because they told me, and then its "us first" until we discover that our behavior is harmful to others, and so on. If we all do that, we're all winners in a healthy social system. Those that don't are taking advantage of those that do in the same way that a cancer cell takes advantage of its neighbors, but it's a short lived advantage (pun intended).
From a strictly sociopathic perspective, cheat all you like, because you are all that matters; but such thinking in inimical to a just and satisfying society. From a social perspective. we cannot successfully live together without accepting certain responsibilities, and there both an individual and a social aspect to human personalities. Mutualistic integration of both needs seems to me to be the wisest choice, in pursuit of "enlightened self-interest" happiness.
I agree.
The way I put it is to say that it's "me first" until I discover that my behavior is harmful to someone, probably because they told me, and then its "us first" until we discover that our behavior is harmful to others, and so on. If we all do that, we're all winners in a healthy social system. Those that don't are taking advantage of those that do in the same way that a cancer cell takes advantage of its neighbors, but it's a short lived advantage (pun intended).