I was thinking our tacit belief is usually more "I want that, but I also want to keep my money. whynotboth.gif?"
When challenged, rationalizations might come out.
Circumstantial evidence of this is that we really don't see a lot of clear altruistic looking towards human progress... on other topics.
If we mostly only talk about principled stands when it happens to be very convenient in a selfish way, the selfish way seems a more likely explanation.
When challenged, rationalizations might come out.
Circumstantial evidence of this is that we really don't see a lot of clear altruistic looking towards human progress... on other topics.
If we mostly only talk about principled stands when it happens to be very convenient in a selfish way, the selfish way seems a more likely explanation.