Quote Originally Posted by Noblejanobii View Post
Given that, by my beliefs and morality, selfishness is inherently wrong, I try not be selfish if at all. See, I view selflessness as doing something for someone else when there is no possible gain or even there is a possible loss for you involved. It's sacrificing yourself for someone else when there's nothing for you to receive or gain from the situation at hand. The most I gain from what I do is a thanks and a little respect, but I still consider that a selfless action since I can't use either of those to my own advantage.

But to each their own.
There is a possible gain though - the approval of the other person. An ally is a very real advantage. We're very social creatures, it's where our notion of morality evolved from to begin with.

Question (and this is a moral dilemma I was involved in and what ultimately led me to my current beliefs) - if somebody close to you had a mental illness / belief that meant every time you did something that acknowledged the existence of people you didn't know or care about, they came down with severe anxiety, would you ignore other people for them?