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I said "died prematurely", not "died permanently"....

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Ooops

Excuse me?

PhanTomCat said:

Kinematics said:

I'll hold the door open for someone, it serves me no benefit.
Same with slowing down to let someone merge onto the freeway.
None of it serves me any benefit, but I do it without a thought.
I think selfless acts are something this whole world is severely lacking.

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See, now with stuff like this, it just becomes routine....
It's not something you think about, it's something you just have programmed in as a "it just needs to be done" program....
Once it is normal routine to just do things like this, you don't think about how you feel, it is just automatic - going thru the motions.... 

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That's good, right?

Kinematics said:

That's good, right?

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In my opinion, it is just common courtesy....
I think most would consider that a good thing....     

figgusfiddus said:

I think anyone still sticking around in this thread is misinterpreting just how loosely "benefit" can be used, in the philosophical sense.

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robbyberto said:

I'm still stuck on basic philosophy here guys. They didn't teach it too much in Georgia's public schools.
My argument is that there is no good deed that that doesn't benefit the performer of the deed. He will always benefit in some way, either by feeling good about it or because people will remember his good deed and be thought upon positively for performing said deed.

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