Oh, sorry: the relation of the dilemma to the debate was: should self interest be linguistically coupled with the negative connotation of harming others -- or, should we try to separate these two meanings?
If you believe that harming others to one's own benefit is somehow worse, ethically, than harming them "selflessly" -- then you're right, this is one reason to couple the two things in one word. According to my ethics, the opposite is true...
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Date: 7/3/09 08:06 pm (UTC)From:If you believe that harming others to one's own benefit is somehow worse, ethically, than harming them "selflessly" -- then you're right, this is one reason to couple the two things in one word. According to my ethics, the opposite is true...