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Originally Posted by tompe
Your wish to fulfill you desire is a form of egoism. I am thinking about the philosophical discussion of altruism. Doing something because it is a responsibility might also be problematic in the same way that altruism is problematic.
It was "reflects individual virtue" I felt was not a correct description if there was a large part of egoistical thinking involved. But maybe I am using another definition of "virtue" than was intended.
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I think that is entirely reasonable and only appears negative if we consider all forms of egoism as bad.
One particular Buddhist sect particularly fond of technical issues defines a Buddha as a being that has totally fulfilled the two needs. The two needs being 1. The beings own needs and 2. All other beings needs.
I think this recognizes that own needs and desires are tied into everything and we just need to work with it