There is no such thing as enlightened self interest. Enlightenment is (well, includes anyway) the realization that "self" is an illusion. Moreover, it's a willful illusion, one we can consciously manipulate. So, I agree with your basic idea that we can manipulate our sense of self. But I think anyone who chooses to define their "self" in terms of anything smaller than the entire universe CHOOSES to be selfish.
Just to be clear, I don't condemn anyone for choosing to be selfish. But our world would be a lot more pleasant if more people chose to be less selfish. On September 10, 2017 6:27:34 PM PDT, Steven A Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: >Glen/Marcus/all - > >So, I gave you both plenty of target to potshot. > >Instead, might I ask what YOUR take on the question of "enlightened >self >interest" is and how it might be relevat to the myriad >socio/political/economic challenges of the day? -- ⛧glen⛧ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
