by dneril » Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:54 pm
The most of you have a great misunderstanding when you address this topic - you all take on the standard that altruism is what should be the standard.<br /><br />Philosophy, if I may remind you, is the science of what ought to be, not what is - what is right, not what is prevalent.<br /><br />So I urge you to think - is altruism "right"? Because, truly, you are only debating altruism in practice, not altruism in principle.<br /><br />It seems like we are all just a result of our society, being "rationalists", and concerned with actuality, rather than "principalists" -- or some may say "idealists" -- who are truly concerned with the same topics which philosophy is meant to address.<br /><br />And on that note, may I say that I argue against altruism, in any form, that it's essential principal is "all before I", and that that principal is self-destructive and contrary to life. The way a man should think is "I before all", so that he may prolong his life as long as possible, and so that he may be of sound mind.<br /><br />Remember, scholars of old, your principals dictate your life, whether you take them on consciously or simply absorb them unconsciously. So, if you love your life, you will be conscious of the righteousness of your life, and not exclusively concerned with living alone.
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