--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > However, a possible reflection of a social meme i found in your > post was the perhaps implict assumption that selfless service is > more noble than happy service. Its that social meme I was > questioning.
I see. That wasn't my assumption, actually; service is service, as far as I'm concerned. "Ennoble" referred to how one might be tempted to view one's service in one's own mind, not to any independent selfish-vs.- selfless value.
