[Asterisk-biz] Open Business Plan

[Bill Michaelson]

To extend your tangent, I didn't infer that the writer expressed any 
judgment about whether altruism can be pure, or the morality of 
selfishness (but you did).  I think he was hypothesizing about others' 
possible motives only.

Tom Rymes wrote:

>> A) To alliveate their own guilt, thus giving to charity is a purely
>>     selfish act.
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> Well, not to get off topic, but you use the word selfish as if that  
> is a bad thing! The reasons a person might give their time and money  
> to the poor as diverse as the people involved. Someone might give  
> because they like to, because it makes them feel good, because they  
> might be poor one day and they would like someone to do the same for  
> them, because it makes them happy... All of those are selfish reasons  
> and GOOD reasons!  On the other hand, giving to charity because you  
> feel obligated, because you think you have to, or in spite of the  
> fact that you don't like to are all unselfish and BAD reasons.  
> Selfish != bad; don't assume it does.
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