Doing some thing good gives most of us a feeling of satisfaction, pleasure. The good that we do may not be a need or necessity for any one else but us. In any case, we have to do something or the other, then why bad / evil why not good. It is a matter of choice.
If all were given some fundamental rights (Really I mean, not just on paper), no one would be required to help any one else.(Though even without it I am not sure anyone needs it. I think, mostly, help is given only to keep them alive, so that one can drain more blood from them) I read in another list, it seems there is a board in Serengeti which reads 'In Serengeti, there is neither malice, nor remorse.'. On Apr 5, 3:49 am, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote: > What is so important about being a good person, if I may ask? > > On Apr 3, 10:10 pm, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you spend your time being and/or learning to be the best person you > > can, you will make life better for those around you. This is a dynamic > > activity, one that directly influences how you treat others. This > > means that both are sympathetic concepts, not isolated. > > The most horrendous human may do good helping others (BTK and predator > > priests are good examples), yet ultimately they are still horrendous. > > The best person ever could spend all their time on following some > > outdated guideline of what is good yet never truly help another > > person. > > > On Apr 3, 10:19 am, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Back again with a dilemma. > > > For quite a while I speak with people and now and then we come to the > > > question: why do we do the things we do? Generally I come to 2 views. > > > We live to help other people, this is the motor behind all behaviour > > > (altruism). Or we nor live for ourself and all things we do are from a > > > self interest view, we give love to receive it (egoism). So I was > > > wondering how may I look at these views? Do I really only want to help > > > myself or only help myself. > > > > Greetings, > > > Matthijs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
