• owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    Hmm not quite wise.

    A tweak: Doing nice things when there is no apparent benefit for you is evidence that you’re a good person.

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      10 days ago

      I would hazard that when you are attempting to do nice things for altruistic reasons, when you get no benefit yourself from it, that serves as a force multiplier for the nicety, but it does not diminish the nicety for doing them for ego-gratification reasons.

      A lesser positive is still a positive.