Re: rehabilitation versus punishment in a future society....

From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 21:39:00 MST


> > << I define evil as simply abject selfishness.
> >Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> > Funny, that's pretty much how I define what's good and noble.
> > The sine qua non of evil for me is dishonesty. >>
> >
> > Clearly many people will consider your philosophy of abject selfishness evil.

At some meta-level, does not selfishness and selflessness collapse
into exactly the same thing? Methinks most of us are hardwired to
enjoy making others happy if we can. Every selfless act of kindness
becomes an act of selfishness, in a sense, and everyone wins. spike



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