Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression
by dan00 on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:05PM
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> So dividing people doesn't makes sense.
It seems it's more about you thinking that someone else does this here or in the study.
> Now, dividing actions does.
But the study is about actions and how people feel afterwards. It isn't about unselfish people, but about unselfish actions of people.
Sure, if they call the group 'unselfish people' it's not quite right, but that's not the point of the study.
Person wishing to do the right thing and doing it ("unselfish")
Person doing the right thing against their wishes ("righteous")
Person wishing to do the right thing but not doing it (akrasia, you missed this one)
Person not doing the right thing and not wishing so ("selfish")
It's all about image of oneself and the experience of being burned by your actions, and every person out there shows plenty of behavior from all four quarters. So dividing people doesn't makes sense. Now, dividing actions does.