>Saying reciprocal altruism is not real altruism because the giver
(potentially)
>gets something out of it, is a lot like saying we are all egoists because
>everything we do we we do because we want to do it.
yes wayne, that's it.... thanks....
bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne VanTassel <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: FW: Peter Singer - An Interview
>Bryan Hyden wrote:
>
>> uh, i think i forgot to attach the attachment.... :) here goes....
>>
>> It's really a paradox. At the deepest levels, there's really no
difference
>> between selfishness (in the true sense of the word, not the modern
misused
>> version, i.e. selfishness doesn't nescessarily equal greediness) and
>> altruism.
>
>I can agree with this statement in this sense (and it goes along somewhat
with
>what you wrote):
>
>Saying reciprocal altruism is not real altruism because the giver
(potentially)
>gets something out of it, is a lot like saying we are all egoists because
>everything we do we we do because we want to do it.
>
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