8 July 2022 - altruism

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It's fair to say that humans are always and only selfish. Well, it depends. Suppose you define selfishness as acting in your own interest. Then if you are altruistic, altruism is selfish; you are acting on your interest in supporting your values. It is only if you are not altruistic that altruism is altruistic.

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