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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I think that's also a good question to direct to the apparently ethical behaviour of humans - that there could be other agendas at work than an ethical one.
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I'm interested in your implied distinction between "apparently ethical" and what that might be contrasted with - "really ethical", "genuinely ethical"? If there is such a distinction what does it rest upon? This is a guess and by all means shoot me down, but is there a hidden assumption in your distinction that "really ethical" behaviour cannot be motivated by self-interest, whereas "apparently ethical" behaviour looks as though it is not motivated by self-interest but when you break it down it actually is?