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Old June 25th, 2003, 05:54 PM
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Default Re: Copywrite laws are they to vague?

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Originally posted by Pax:
I will restate: there is absolutely NO action which is wholly unmotivated by greed. IOW, greed is a component of the motivation behind every action of every human being on the planet, past present or future -- either an instinctive greed, or a conscious one.

Note, ofc, that greed doesn't have to reflect only material acquisitiveness. If you do something "because it makes you feel good to help people" ... that good feeling is what you're greedy for; the more you can manage to get it, the more you will, until the cost exceeds the gain (IOW, until you bump into some other element of greed in your life).
As I said (paraphrase), an argument can be made that there is some amount of greed behind any given action; however, that does not necessarily mean that there is greed behind that action, nor does it mean that there is greed behind all actions. Also, as I said, this isn't exactly something that can be argued. In order to proove my side, it would require the ability to proove the full set of motivations behind some pure action (which is impossible at present). In order to proove your side, it would require the ability to proove the full set of motivations behind all actions (which is even more impossible at present). As I said, it is more of a philisophical position. Arguing and contradiction will go exactly nowhere.
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