Why does doing “good” your neighbor matter? Most would admit (if honest) that doing things to others that they themselves consider wrong or bad often maximizes their own pleasure – why should they give a flip about anybody else?
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Good deeds?
Posted by Shirley Twofeathers at 2:29 AM
Labels: being nice, helping others, relationships, why
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Actually, I don't think it's really true that doing "wrong" to others does maximize anyone's pleasure - not unless they are a sociopath.
For me doing "good" matters because I feel better when I do it. And when I do something that I know to be wrong, something that should theoretically bring me pleasure but which in actuality brings pain to someone else, I do not get the pleasure. I too feel the pain.
And I find that when I "give a flip" about myself... it spills over onto everyone around me... and when I "give a flip" about other people... it spills over onto me.
It's a win win.
I do know people who are really into "revenge" type situations - and these people then call themselves "good Christians" and I have always had a problem with that. I admit there have been times when revenge has crossed my mind, and it gave me some pleasure to fantasize about what I wanted to do, but I never did it and never would because it would make me feel bad about myself, or make me feel like I stooped to their level.
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