Thursday, May 15, 2008

Egoism about Marie

So, as, my day normally goes; I am trying to overcome a problem, and as I try to do this; another problem happens.

Marie is feeling quite depressed at the moment; she talked to me, I wanted to go visit her to make things better for her. I felt so horrified at how she was feeling. I need her to be okay...even if this means I cannot have her.

It's like a dual sense of satisfaction or criterion for happiness:

Necessary condition: Marie is alright and well
Sufficient condition: I am with Marie

The sufficient condition does not entail the necessary condition, nor does vice versa; furthermore; the sufficient condition is selfish; and the necessary condition is desire-independent, or second-order desire.

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