[ SECRET POST #2475 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2475 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02. [repeat]


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[Supernatural, Watchmen]


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[a case of exploding mangoes (2008 novel)]


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05.
[Brothers in Arms]


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06.
[Agents of SHIELD ]


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[Transformers: IDW Generation One]


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08.
[Sarah Michelle Gellar]


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[Young Guns 2]




















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Comments

Re: Are you really a good person if you do good things for selfish reasons?

[intrigueing]

I'd say the effect of your actions is more important than your motivations. Not because motive doesn't matter, but because it's damn hard to figure out. There's this idea that a single motive always directly and clearly precedes a behavior, which isn't necessarily true. Motivations for behavior are usually very, very muddled and there are usually many different motivations influencing your behavior simultaneous, and it's very hard for you to have a solid grasp of your own psychology.

It's just not something that you can clearly test and figure out depending on what you might personally feel. Just as some people are convinced their horrible actions are inspired by pure moral motives, the opposite, or a mixture of both, can also be true.

(This, btw, is probably why really extreme, exaggerated, high-stakes situations in fiction are so popular -- it strips all these motivations down to the strongest and most important and reveals the true measure of people, which is previously hidden, even from themselves).

So forget about worrying about your motivations -- just worry about your actions and be as truthful to yourself about your motivations as possible with the understanding that you don't really know the full extent of them.