Man Commits Suicide at DLH

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Free will: "I can do anything I want to do."

In the end, aren't all acts selfish at the core? Every decision we make is the synthesis of all of our competing needs and wants, resulting in performing the action that carries the most self satisfaction, or the least self dissatisfaction. Even an outwardly "selfless" act requires the actor to WANT to perform it.

I disagree. I do so many things I don't want to because they are the right thing to do or they are beneficial to someone else. I have no desire to throw wiffle balls so my son can practice batting EVERY STINKING DAY FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKS. But I do.

However, I will admit that often times doing things I don't want to do are a direct result of things I do want to do. For example, I don't want to go to work, but I do want to feed my family.