[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales in the news

[Thomas Dalton]

>  Antony said earlier that, as a Randian, Jimbo would act only out of
>  self-interest and not altruism, but this is a false dichotomy. People
>  who act altruistically want to do so at some level, or else they
>  wouldn't. As philosophers put it, all reasons for action are internal
>  reasons, meaning they are based on the actor's desires, needs, and
>  interests, the argument being that a reason for action that has no
>  emotional resonance for you will fail to be magnetic enough to move
>  you to act. According to that argument, we are all psychological
>  Randians, at least a little. :)

In other words, the warm fuzzy feeling we get inside when we do
something nice is the net gain that makes it worth our while doing it?
Makes a certain amount of sense.