--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, it seems even so called altruistic behaviour > is eventually egoistic, because it's based on > reward? >
According to some psych theories, like the one described here, all behavior including altruistic behavior is based on maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain. Does that make it egoistic? I think ego can serve an excellent purpose by putting order into one's life, for example, by avoiding getting scammed by con artists, even when the con involves one's favorite charity cause. And ego can serve to cause a lot of pain for others when it runs rampant to control them. I think ego gets a bad rap. It's a good little custodian of the body when it knows its place and does its proper job. It's a tyrant when it takes over the bod, and then the building, then the city, then the country, then the world!
