Why Wants Don't Make It Selfish

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Acting on your own desire does not make an act self-interested; what the desire is for — your benefit or another's — settles that.

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One neighbor wants a bigger fence; another wants her elderly friend fed. Both act on their own wants. Only one want is about herself.

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