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SoTastyWhales t1_ixgnycx wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in The famous Butterfly Dream of Taoist Philosophy and how it recommends a radical openness to judging right from wrong by CaptainOfTheKeys

Being good to help your fellow man as if he were you is a noble thing, because it’s focused on the person across from you. Being good for the sake of doing good or to feel nice or for the sake of appearing noble isn’t noble, because it’s focused on yourself. It’s the difference between a mother volunteering at a soup kitchen and saying hi to a regular visitor, and Jeff Bezos donating $100,000 on national TV. If you still disagree, fair enough.

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[deleted] t1_ixgr03l wrote

Wholeheartedly agree actually. Doing good “to get into heaven” is another ridiculous example.

The quote to me.. personally just comes off as “if you’re helping someone it’s for personal gain only” which is what I take issue with, since that’s a pretty wild assumption on how people operate.

Again it’s more of a dig on that specific quote, it’s not really worth defending. Everything you personally said in these comments was much more respectable than that nonsense quote.

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