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ValyrianJedi t1_ixqktgd wrote

Reply to comment by Flash635 in [Image] "A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson by Butterflies_Books

There is something to this. I'm definitely not a "hero" but have helped a decent number of people out of tight spots at personal risk/cost. 99% of the time it isn't preceded by some noble "this is the right thing to do", its preceeded by "oh son of a bitch, I've got to do this if I want to sleep tonight don't I? Damn it".

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foodnaptime t1_ixr4eb3 wrote

I think Kant would say that’s even better than helping people because you enjoy helping people — you don’t really feel like it, but you do it anyway out of recognition of and respect for what you believe morality requires of you.

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Dymonika t1_ixsyfdr wrote

This is interesting because I think I'm always like this: forcefully moral with others to the point of being friendship-repulsing, lol. Is that still "even better," then?

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just_breathing_air t1_ixr55o6 wrote

Same here it always happens to me 😭😭😭 i will keep thinking about them if I don't help them

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