CompuServe Messages

PMJI, but how would you define a selfless deed? It seems to me that any conscious action is an action on behalf of the desires or needs of the self; all actions are a result of value. Hence, there is no so such thing as a truely selfless deed; no altruism. So to profess altruism as the justification for any action is, at best, a false pretense. I think there is a common misconception in what constitutes value. A desire to attain no value is itself a value. To put it another way, it is impossible to intentionally act without motive, because to do so is itself a motive. — James — Choreo Motion —