Debunking the Fallacious Argument of Impure Virtue...
Hello again, dear Steemians!
Have you ever considered the true weight of noble deeds that we perform in our lifetime? How does that affect our personality and our fate?
A lot of people see this world as a big showdown of light against darkness, two sides of right and wrong that dance in a battle for perpetuity.
Their eternal rhythm of nobility versus greed, sacrifice versus selfishness, and virtue versus sin is what defines the fate of the world.
But on the other side of the coin, there are people who believe that the world is not just about light or darkness, but it is fundamentally grey; good deeds and evil acts are a part of us all, and we are the ones who decide what to do with either sides of our nature.
Whatever your belief regarding the matter, today I want us to embark on a thoughtful journey about the importance of virtue and helping others in life. But first, we need to hear an argument.
Some people believe that there is no true and pure virtue in this world, that even when we perform good deeds, there is always a reward for us in them.
For example, you may do good onto others because you are hoping that one day, they might repay your kindness. You may do good onto others because somehow, it will make you feel good about yourself and lift the burdens of your conscience.
In this manner of thinking, there is no pure virtue, but everything is done because of our own benefits.
There are many who want to think that this argument is true. Because then, the need for doing noble deeds would slowly vanish from their thoughts, and they would be afflicted with a wrong thought pattern that we know as ‘indifference’ towards the world around them.
But they do not understand that the argument of impure virtue is fundamentally fallacious in many regards.
The result of you doing a good deed for other people is not one-sided. That is the mistake we make when we think about our good deeds. It is not just the benefits of you in the matter, but the fact that you HAVE done something good for someone, and have changed their life for the better as a result.
What I am trying to say is that your benefit or your reason for doing a good deed is not relevant to the argument, because by doing a good deed, you have already made someone’s life better.
To think that by doing something good for others, you are only feeding your own benefits is nothing but egotistical, because you are forgetting the fact that in the first step, you have actually helped someone.
There is no such thing as impure virtue. It is important that you do something good out of selflessness, but doing something good because there might be a chance of reward in it for you does not make it any less virtuous and righteous.
Even doing something out of sacrifice is in a way beneficial to your soul and conscience, as it will make you feel good about yourself. This ultimately proves that the argument regarding impure virtue is nothing but fallacious and wrong.
When you decide to do something good for others, do not think about yourself.
Your presence in this equation is irrelevant, and the most important factor of all is the other person and what they will gain from your deed.
A BIG HUG!
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People tend to do things for their personal benefit not realising if what they did brought smile to someone's face and acknowledging it what they did.
But its actually the other way round they do it either to be called Mr good or get same in return
We have to be positive and acknowledge that moment we put smile on someone
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Of course you would write something like this. How "virtuous" of you. @chbartist, go fuck yourself.
Interesting concept given the proliferation of the “pay it forward” concept. Similarly, many believe that it has a exponential impact in close societies and is encouraging to practice as the improvement of communities also improves the individuals in or surrounding them as well.
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As sad as it sounds; too many people are like crabs in a bucket. Just as you find your way out, they tend to do everything they can to claw you back down into the pit with them; thus, the need to stay prayed up in the Mighty name of Jesus, and not let them.
Peace.
Whether it be good or bad, we are not only the one who would be benefited or affected by our deeds. We might suffer or be blessed with the deeds of others. But it's better to do good things for others, for being good for others is being good for yourself.
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i believe in karma . what go around will come around . if we do good , those aura will attract good in our life. even still i believe there is a rules of yin and yang . for every good happen in this world , there is also bad thing happen in this world . thats what i know as world equilibrium. Understanding everything has it opposite side , for every good and bad i get , i ll say thanks to great teacher ..
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In the Islamic Quran, God offers his forgiveness for sins, through such actions as: feed the poor man, free the slave, feed the prisoner, take care of the orphan. And in the records of the Prophet Muhammad, mention is made of the reward of God, a man who gave the blind dog a drink of water. The Quran says that whatever you do from good, God knows about it. For good deeds, God rewards man, both in this life and in the future, is given by Paradise
so do other religion , they all teach to express good life in the world .
But , human is imperfect .
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Goodnight
The good or bad actions that we carry out in our daily life are those that do not define us as people.
Good deeds should be done out of kindness, not for personal benefit, good deeds should be an act of nobility that comes from the heart, and is only for the benefit of the person who will receive it, not for our benefit.
I have met many people, of very good feelings, but unfortunately, they perform good actions just to feed their ego, on one occasion a group of people of good social standing, made a great social action, prepared food and drink for a group of people in street condition here in venezuela, action that speaks very well of them, but, they did it only to receive the congratulations of the others, something that in the eyes of God does not look good.
God blesses people with good feelings, above all with great health, for the good deeds that I said, they must come from the bottom of our hearts.
Regards ...
Saludos @chbartist! " debemos hacer el bien sin mirar a quien", es un dicho acertado. El hacer cosas por los demás nos hace ser más humanos, y como humanos no somos entes perfecto, pero si podemos mejorar nuestra condición a través de la solidaridad.
Si debe existir una intención en nuestros actos; es querer hacer el bien! Realizando buenos actos cambiamos nuestro entorno para mejor; si nuestro entorno esta bien, nosotros estaremos bien. Somos energía, y la energía que damos, es la energía que recibimos. Feliz día!I guess we have to give and forget. Expecting to receive in return is actually not giving in my opinion. If we help/give and forget, we're not worried about the things or time or energy we spent because they don't matter to us when we forget them.
When I help you today and next week you help me, my help has already been paid and there's no more merit for me of any sort or whatsoever.
This is the reason why seldom or maybe some people are helping the most and the poorest among the poor because this is where giving is truly a giving, visiting the sick and those people in prison. Others give things secretly, not to make them proud of themselves, but to emphasize the value of giving and helping.
As it says @tramelibre we are energy. By doing good actions, we are contributing to this immense and small world at the same time, changing for the better, when we teach with love, when we write positive messages, when we are supportive, we have a direct impact on the other person, we can transform a place , a person, with a good action.
That is why the more we think about the benefit of others, the better we will be as humanity. Thanks for your thoughts @chbartist 🌻
I would like to know how you do to have clear and well-expressed ideas every day. Have you written a book?
Yes, you have a very good post. You are right. I believe that any person should help us with selflessness. However in return God helps us in return. She keeps her good work together. Finally gives its result. And yet we should not keep this in mind that we are helping the person, instead of helping us, he will help us in return for this.
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