Ben Bayer & Yaron Discuss Altruism & Religion | Yaron Interviews
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Altruism and Selflessness Are Not the Same Thing
Sam Harris talks a lot about the fact that there is no such thing as self and I guess he discovered that while on drugs if I remember it but that moment he didn't have a self so yeah. To what extent is is altruism and selflessness the same thing? There's definitely forms of selflessness that are not altruistic in the sense that they're not oriented toward other people altruism is about other people more obligations morality being defined by your obligations other people.
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