From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jul 10 2004 - 16:00:12 BST
> msh says:
> Yep, we're just about all the way through the looking glass now.
> People who spend their lives helping others less fortunate than
> themselves are selfish.
I guess this means if you help others you shouldn't get any personal
satisfaction from doing so.
That idea is straight from Kant: If your motive for doing good is your own
happiness, you're acting immorally. To be moral, you must wish to be doing
something else while helping another. You must feel a sense of sacrifice.
No wonder courts invoke community service as punishment.
Platt
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