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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:21:41 EDT
Subject: feel-good and society

>>  Nothing has direct importance to the  individual
> >except his  own welfare, which boils down to feel-good. [Ettinger]

>This implies  a certain "atomisation" of society which is incorrect -
>an individual's  welfare is intimately tied up with the quality and
>kind of:  [Anthony]
 
I said that only your own welfare has DIRECT importance to you. Everybody  

knows there are interactions and feed-backs. Decisions in specific cases can be
difficult and good results are seldom guaranteed. 
 
But we have to make an effort, and for most people, at this stage of the  
game, the effort should probably be to increase "selfishness" and reduce  
altruism.
 
R.E.







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