There is debate whether everything we do involves some sort of Self interest. I believe it is possible to to preform selfless acts but they may not be entirely selfless. I believe you are always thinking about yourself in one way or another because this is the way the mind functions. But I don't believe this to be selfish. A selfish act to me, is one where you are only thinking about your self.
A selfless act in my opinion is an act where the person performing the act doe not get anything out of doing it. Some widowers of 9/11 believe that their husbands (firemen) were being selfish as they weren't thinking about there families when they went into the towers to rescue people. I do not think this is true because they were thinking of the people inside and not themselves, there for it is selfless. I can understand why they may think it is selfish because the widowers may have thought the firemen wanted to be a hero so they might have been thinking of themselves, so it would not be selfless if this was the case. But I certainly don't think they should be called selfish because if you are doing an act that would take your life then I would think this to be selfless.
You can do selfless acts but they are never 100% selfless because it's the way we think. We are always thinking about are self in one way or another. Even if we are just thinking about how are day was, that still means we are thinking about are selves.
A selfless act in my opinion is an act where the person performing the act doe not get anything out of doing it. Some widowers of 9/11 believe that their husbands (firemen) were being selfish as they weren't thinking about there families when they went into the towers to rescue people. I do not think this is true because they were thinking of the people inside and not themselves, there for it is selfless. I can understand why they may think it is selfish because the widowers may have thought the firemen wanted to be a hero so they might have been thinking of themselves, so it would not be selfless if this was the case. But I certainly don't think they should be called selfish because if you are doing an act that would take your life then I would think this to be selfless.
You can do selfless acts but they are never 100% selfless because it's the way we think. We are always thinking about are self in one way or another. Even if we are just thinking about how are day was, that still means we are thinking about are selves.
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