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Entry: Against Unselfishness Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/against_unselfishness#18351 Post contents: Thank you, Caper. I'll explicate my point a little further: The self has LEGITIMATE claims, which it is due in strict justice, much less charity. Sometimes, for the sake of peace or humility, one should willingly give these up ("turn the other cheek"). At other times, one must vigorously defend one's rights--and by extension, the right's of one's family, then community, then nation. To do anything else is to be complicit in fostering, rewarding, and encouraging INJUSTICE. Which is evil. That is the problem with liberalism--it substitutes for the nuanced view of the Good which emerged within Christendom an empty, formalistic altruism which EVERY BIT AS EVIL as the opposite vice, disordered selfishness. Suicide is just as sinful as murder. Sent at: 2008 11 22