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Posted by Steve on 4/24/2011, 6:44 pm, in reply to "self-interest; not selflessness"
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It's in my self-interest to have you (generically speaking) as a friend rather than as an enemy. The more allies I have, the safer I am and the longer I'll probably live.
This isn't "selfishness" on my part, imo. It's the way of nature. This is why animal species other than humans kill only to eat or to protect themselves from real or perceived danger.
It's in their -- and our -- self-interest not to accrue unnecessary enemies.
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"The Tao is basically utterly open. Utter openeness has no substance. It ends in endlessness, begins in beginninglessnes".
-Li Daoqun
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