SinceAChildPTSD
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Although I disagree a lot with Ayn Rand, I agree that Good Selfishness is good and is ultimately the basis for our morals and ethics.
The most empathetic person can be described as doing good just to feel good. Of course -even here - such person has a certain motivation because of his selfish genes.
To me, if a person can empathize with and genuinely understand the suffering of other persons, his motivations to do good would already be "Pure" altruism.
Now here is my problem: what separates a person who uses this logic from "Good" Sociopaths? I agree that it is useful to separate "Bad, Evil" sociopaths from the rest of normal society.
But is there a useful separation of "Selfish-but-moral" persons from "Good" Sociopaths? Or do they just mean the same thing?
The most empathetic person can be described as doing good just to feel good. Of course -even here - such person has a certain motivation because of his selfish genes.
To me, if a person can empathize with and genuinely understand the suffering of other persons, his motivations to do good would already be "Pure" altruism.
Now here is my problem: what separates a person who uses this logic from "Good" Sociopaths? I agree that it is useful to separate "Bad, Evil" sociopaths from the rest of normal society.
But is there a useful separation of "Selfish-but-moral" persons from "Good" Sociopaths? Or do they just mean the same thing?