Thread: The Pathological Altruist
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Old 10-07-2011, 07:59 AM   #9
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No. But I did inject humor and word play into the discussion.


Got it.

Joking aside:

Can you explain how it is "quite a leap" to say that altruism (here = its products, i'm thinking) can lead (inadvertently, of course) to bad that cancels out that good?


Sorry, I know Stoppard only by name so that may be the source of misunderstanding that leads to my question above.
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