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WendyCal · 10-25-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword

Again, if you value another's life over yours, you are irrational. You can still value other people if you love them, but to value them over your own life is irrational unless you believe that you cannot go on living without these people.

Sometimes, the value of one life IS greater than the value of another ~ older grandpa, lived his life, retired ~VS~ 10 year old kid with her productivity and life stretching out in front of her.

And i got laughed out of an Ayn Rand chat room because i feel like her philosophy is saying:

Be the best you can and strive for perfection, not only for your own interests, but also for others, because if they fall, you fall.

How do you know if you're doing well? In a capitalist society, you would be making money and the more you make, the better you've done. And it would work, but people are so flippin' GREEDY. It can't be 'Making More, At All Costs' ~ when you do THAT, you destroy your very customer base. Look at the sitch we're in, right now, because of greed.

There HAS to be personal responsibility, some sort of ethical code ~ the financial bottom line is only part of the equation.

Just my 2¢.