Comments on: Mutual self interest: a safer way to care? http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/ uncovering life's layers, exploring truth's terrain... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Kristin http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-506 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:29:49 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-506 Roger--yeah, I like your last line. As I wrote this post I felt like there was an angle of love it wasn't quite reaching or speaking to. Reducing every act to self interest alone feels like it takes the soul out of life somehow. But the opposite extreme, as Ayn Rand so compelingly demonizes, also feels wrong. Definitely more here to ponder. Fran, yes, so true: simultaneously students and teachers. Roger–yeah, I like your last line. As I wrote this post I felt like there was an angle of love it wasn’t quite reaching or speaking to. Reducing every act to self interest alone feels like it takes the soul out of life somehow. But the opposite extreme, as Ayn Rand so compelingly demonizes, also feels wrong. Definitely more here to ponder.

Fran, yes, so true: simultaneously students and teachers.

]]> by: Fran aka Redondowriter http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-505 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:11:20 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-505 Very well thought out and written, Kristin. I can see this being an extended essay--on one of the e-magazines. And yes, I can see that you are framing all this within what is going on in your life. But life is a school, and we are simultaneously students and teachers. Very well thought out and written, Kristin. I can see this being an extended essay–on one of the e-magazines. And yes, I can see that you are framing all this within what is going on in your life. But life is a school, and we are simultaneously students and teachers.

]]> by: roger http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-504 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:21:10 +0000 http://www.kristinnoelle.com/2006/06/28/mutual-self-interest-a-safer-way-to-care/#comment-504 BRAVO! Several years ago I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (twice actually) and it felt somehow refreshing to hear someone argue that we SHOULD be looking out for our own interests in every exchange. She was extreme in not trusting altruism and saying it is just wrong. And she was extreme in preaching that you should never give anyone anything or do something for someone without getting equal value in return. I think there is something about love which maybe she had never experienced, but it somehow feels more honest to at least admit that self interest is good. BRAVO!
Several years ago I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (twice actually) and it felt somehow refreshing to hear someone argue that we SHOULD be looking out for our own interests in every exchange. She was extreme in not trusting altruism and saying it is just wrong. And she was extreme in preaching that you should never give anyone anything or do something for someone without getting equal value in return. I think there is something about love which maybe she had never experienced, but it somehow feels more honest to at least admit that self interest is good.

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