There's no such thing as an unselfish act

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I'm currently working through a personal development course and today, one of the points Paul Cline (the tutor) raised really struck home.

There is NO such thing as an unselfish act.

All actions are made to either receive pleasure or reduce pain.

A "good" act is performed for either of these two results; a "bad" act is also performed for either of these two results.

Some food for thought!

What do you think of this?

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This is good

He uses Mother Teresa as one of several examples - she felt pain at others suffering and pleasure at helping to relieve it.

I get it but I am not sure that the satisfaction felt by helping is the same as satisfaction felt when winning the lottery.

Oh yes, I agree there are varying levels of pleasure and satisfaction, that's for sure!

The fundamental point is that all actions ultimately boil down to one of these two purposes.

Another interesting thing is that, on average, people work 2.5 x harder to reduce a painful experience than they do to increase something pleasurable.

That is interesting.

I guess you could "spin" it either way, Victoria, depending on the circumstances.

Jeff

I should point out that the tutor teaches psychology ;)

My point exactly!

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