• Hoimo@ani.social
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    7 hours ago

    There are plenty of reasons that aren’t selfish. You can do it for humanity, for justice, for style points, for Narnia… If you want to logick those into being selfish, that’s your own moral framework talking. Every action is a subjective choice from a subjective perspective in the end, but people can still have non-selfish intentions, however misguided you may judge them.

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      4 hours ago

      For humanity? We are over 8 billion people in this world, you think humanity needs another one to share resources ? Let me guess your’s will be special of course, better than all the rest. For justice ? I don’t even understand your logic here. It’s not subjective it’s just selfish, you are not having a kid for the good of others, you having one because you want one, consequences be damn

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        2 hours ago

        I think you’re missing the point. Having a child for Narnia is not selfish, it is literally for the good of Narnia to have another strong Narnian. But you’re operating under a moral framework where even the good of Narnia is ultimately good for the Narnian, therefore it is selfish to want Narnia to be strong.

        Do you have to agree with the idea of a strong Narnia? Of course not. But it’s a very narrow way of thinking to explain every human motivation through selfishness.