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| May 16, 2021 at 5:13 | comment | added | causative♦ | @JustSomeOldMan About your second point - no, that would be oversimplifying it. We act for motivations which are often hidden to us, but the choices we make can alter those motivations. If someone resolves to behave in accordance with some particular code of moral behavior, then their future actions may indeed change as a result. Our true motivations are not totally opaque to us - and neither are they totally clear. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 5:09 | comment | added | causative♦ | @JustSomeOldMan "Rational self-interest" is a perfectly valid term when not misinterpreted. My point is that one should not take the term "rational self-interest" to suggest that rationality can only be used to pursue self-interest; it may be used to pursue other goals as well. "Rational altruism" or "rational paperclip-maximizing" are also possible, depending on if the individual's motivation is self-interest, altruism, or paperclip-maximizing. | |
| May 16, 2021 at 4:48 | comment | added | Just Some Old Man | +1 Would “people act, then invent explanations for why they acted that way” be admission morality in of itself doesn’t have much efficacy? | |
| May 16, 2021 at 4:45 | comment | added | Just Some Old Man | Thank you for your answer. Rational self-interest has a foundation in philosophy as early as the ancient Greeks. It is significant in economics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Game theory treats it as fundamental. As for the rest of your answer, are you saying that the reasons are, fundamentally, dependent on the individual? -that there really is no universal reason? | |
| May 14, 2021 at 18:07 | history | answered | causative♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |