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0 pointsHoushalter12y ago0 comments

So because a person is not themselves a perfect altruist, they are no better than a person who has no empathy or morality whatsoever?

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girvo12y ago

No the point is that it's far more complex than that.

More complex than what? That they don't have any sense of morality? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

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0 pointsHoushalter12y ago0 comments

So because a person is not themselves a perfect altruist, they are no better than a person who has no empathy or morality whatsoever?

girvo12y ago

No the point is that it's far more complex than that.

More complex than what? That they don't have any sense of morality? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.

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