That is not what you asked. I don't disagree with you. That the reason people do good things is because doing them makes them feel good. Or not doing them makes them feel bad. Or maybe just makes someone else stop bothering them about it (which makes them feel good). Or makes them think they will get into heaven (which makes them feel good).
People do altruistic things. The _reason_ they do altruistic things is varied. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JJ wrote: > > Every Navy guy I knew. > > Every Army guy that I knew. > > Every cop that I knew. > > Some of the teachers I knew (and all of the good ones) > > > > See, I don't believe that, but that's because I don't believe in > altruism. I think people do things because those things are good for > them, not others. > > That is, people choose careers because they like the work, the people, > the money, et al, but always for selfish reasons. It can be argued, > for example, that even people who claim they are doing things for > others are really just doing it for the good feeling they get. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
