I do. Reed questions the meaningfulness of ideas like
"ultimate motivation".
>Ultimately, for me, nothing is *either* selfish *or*
>unselfish, because the self is a fiction. But let's
>face the fact that for practical purposes the selfish/
>unselfish distinction is useful, and to say that
>selfishness is all there is, is of no benefit to anyone.
I agree. Most behaviors in life are overdetermined;
resulting from a number of causes some of which
might be defined as "selfish" and others "selfless".
I think we are becoming aware the idea of "self" is,
itself, is a little to vague for our nitpicking minds.
Curiouser and Curiouser
Reed
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