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I believe life itself is inherently selfish. By this I do not mean hedonism, but that morality, altruism, and renouncement are desires of an individual induced from his self-interest. What are some books on this idea, and what is it called?

>> No.20078258

Test.

>> No.20078265

>>20078211
A lot of right wing libertarian literature sucks off that principle.

>> No.20078294

How would you explain sacrificing one’s life? That is the one act that can never be done out of self interest or result in it.

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20078324

>>20078211
Stirner

>> No.20078326

>>20078294
it can if you believe in copes like "they will remember me, I must save my kinsmen, my country will remember me, I will go to heaven" etc

>> No.20078335

>>20078326
Pretty big caveat that doesn’t apply to everyone, no?

>> No.20078339

>>20078335
Does everybody sacrifice himself for something greater than him, dumbfuck?

>> No.20078355

>>20078339
Sure, I totally implied that.

This board is so fucking autistic.

>> No.20078358

>>20078326
Believing one's suffering ceases after this lifetime is a bigger cope. You will suffer for billions of kalpas. Neck yourself, bugman materialist.

>> No.20078363

>>20078358
nigger cope

>> No.20078634

>>20078211
Bugs... easy on the carrots

>> No.20079573

bump

>> No.20079698

>>20078265
Most lolberts are stealth authoritarians, with weak egos and the stereotypical boot-licker's lack of sense when it comes to personal boundaries. They can renounce neither thier own servility nor the lust for arbitrary power, enable both, and are not inherently self-interested in the egotist's sense--which is predominantly reflective or introspective. They're never sufficiently idle or self-satisfied for that.

>> No.20079714

>What are some books on this idea, and what is it called?
evolutionary biology

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>>20078211
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elephant_in_the_Brain

>> No.20079787

>>20078634
/thread

>> No.20079831

Osamu Dazai was really concerned with this.
> We kill others to save our own skin – that's the way of the world, isn't it?
from Run, Melos!

>> No.20079937

>>20078363
Kys, soulless materialist scum and record it on Livefeed for my satisfaction.

>> No.20080536

bump

>> No.20080543

>>20080536
Kys

>> No.20080692

>>20079714
Wait, is OP referring to all of life or just humans? Do other forms of life have beliefs?

>> No.20080695

>>20078211
>I believe
Nobody cares anon

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>>20080695
I care

>> No.20080818

>>20078211
Spinoza's Ethics.

>> No.20081216

Origins of Virtue describes that perfectly.