Alright, some harsh stuff incoming. I, of course, will ask for listener questions at free

domain.locals.com and got a great question. Is reciprocal altruism the highest form of human

interaction? Is humanity capable of true selflessness? Can't you in 101, right? Is reciprocal

altruism the highest form of human interaction? Is humanity capable of true selflessness? What

a question. I mean, this is a huge ethical question, selfishness versus altruism,

egoism versus self-sacrifice and so on. So, I'll tell you my thoughts about this.

And I view this as an absolutely essential question for life happiness and actually

downright survival. Now, the Kantian argument goes something like this. If you give to a beggar

because you want to feel good about giving to a beggar, you want to feel good about helping him,

you want to feel like a good person, it's not a moral action. Morality occurs when you don't

gain anything from the interaction. Superior morality occurs when you lose something

from the interaction. And if you think this is abstract, it's really not. It's really not.

When people ask you to act without consideration for benefit of yourself, when people ask you to act

without consideration or against the benefit of yourself, the self-sacrifice, this selflessness

and so on is your highest moral ideal. They are setting you up for mental slavery unto death.

They're setting you up for mental slavery unto death. So, when you think of all living organisms,

do they act for their own benefit or the benefit of their children? Do they act for their own

benefit or the benefit of their children? Are they offspring or their genetics or whatever it is

that you want to say? And are they willing to sacrifice the interests of other creatures

in order to pursue their own interests? We are alive because our ancestors

fought for their own interests and our interests as they're offspring as they're lineage as

their descendants and often sacrificed other peoples, survival or prospects or happiness or

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