Ethics and Values / Unit 3 Ethics 116 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The False-Dichotomy Reply
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The false-dichotomy reply: total self-sacrifice and pure self-interest are not the only options; common-sense morality asks for neither extreme.
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A manager can fund the scholarship without vowing poverty. Between martyr and egoist sits most of ordinary human decency, doing ordinary good.
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