Monday, January 11, 2010

The Ethic of Self-love.

So, ethics generally starts from the point that other people matter. And despite the fact that I think there are generally too many people who are self-absorbed, there is something to be said of the need to balance "other people matter" with "I matter."

A whole ton of my disordered psyche starts from the fact that I think other people matter and I don't. The idea that my sole purpose in life is to worry about other people's interests, how my actions affect others. That isn't healthy. I don't know how to balance the interests of others with my own interests, passions and health. That is the million dollar question.

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